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Licensing Act 2003

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66Miners' welfare institutes

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(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to a relevant miners' welfare institute as it applies to a club, and accordingly—

(a)the premises of the institute are to be treated as the premises of a club,

(b)the persons enrolled as members of the institute are to be treated as the members of the club, and

(c)anything done by or on behalf of the trustees or managers in carrying on the institute is to be treated as done by or on behalf of the club.

(2)In determining for the purposes of section 61 whether a relevant miners' welfare institute is a qualifying club in relation to a qualifying club activity, the institute is to be taken to satisfy the following conditions—

(a)condition 3 in subsection (4) of section 62,

(b)condition 4 in subsection (5) of that section,

(c)condition 5 in subsection (6) of that section,

(d)the additional conditions in section 64.

(3)For the purposes of this section—

(a)“miners' welfare institute” means an association organised for the social well-being and recreation of persons employed in or about coal mines (or of such persons in particular), and

(b)a miners' welfare institute is “relevant” if it satisfies one of the following conditions.

(4)The first condition is that—

(a)the institute is managed by a committee or board, and

(b)at least two thirds of the committee or board consists—

(i)partly of persons appointed or nominated, or appointed or elected from among persons nominated, by one or more licensed operators within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21), and

(ii)partly of persons appointed or nominated, or appointed or elected from among persons nominated, by one or more organisations representing persons employed in or about coal mines.

(5)The second condition is that—

(a)the institute is managed by a committee or board, but

(b)the making of—

(i)an appointment or nomination falling within subsection (4)(b)(i), or

(ii)an appointment or nomination falling within subsection (4)(b)(ii),

is not practicable or would not be appropriate, and

(c)at least two thirds of the committee or board consists—

(i)partly of persons employed, or formerly employed, in or about coal mines, and

(ii)partly of persons appointed by the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation or a body or person to which the functions of that Organisation have been transferred under section 12(3) of the Miners' Welfare Act 1952 (c. 23).

(6)The third condition is that the premises of the institute are held on trusts to which section 2 of the Recreational Charities Act 1958 (c. 17) applies.

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