Part 4Clubs
Qualifying clubs
65F1Registered societies, friendly societies etc.
1
Subsection (2) applies in relation to any club which is—
F2a
a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014,
b
a registered society, within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) (see section 111(1) of that Act), or
c
a registered friendly society, within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40) (see section 116 of that Act).
2
Any such club is to be taken for the purposes of this Act to satisfy additional condition 1 in subsection (2) of section 64 if and to the extent that—
a
the purchase of alcohol for the club, and
b
the supply of alcohol by the club,
are under the control of the members or of a committee appointed by the members.
3
References in this Act, other than this section, to—
a
subsection (2) of section 64, or
b
additional condition 1 in that subsection,
are references to it as read with subsection (1) of this section.
4
Subject to subsection (5), this Act applies in relation to an incorporated friendly society as it applies in relation to a club, and accordingly—
a
the premises of the society are to be treated as the premises of a club,
b
the members of the society are to be treated as the members of the club, and
c
anything done by or on behalf of the society is to be treated as done by or on behalf of the club.
5
In determining for the purposes of section 61 whether an incorporated friendly society is a qualifying club in relation to a qualifying club activity, the society is to be taken to satisfy the following conditions—
a
condition 3 in subsection (4) of section 62,
b
condition 5 in subsection (6) of that section,
c
the additional conditions in section 64.
6
In this section “incorporated friendly society” has the same meaning as in the Friendly Societies Act 1992 (see section 116 of that Act).