Part 4E+WClubs

Qualifying clubsE+W

65 [F1Registered societies], friendly societies etc.E+W

(1)Subsection (2) applies in relation to any club which is—

[F2(a)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).

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