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Version date: 25 October 2000 - onwards
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8. Discriminating clubs.

(1) In this section-

"certificate of registration", in relation to a club, means the certificate of registration of the club under the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904 to 1999;

"club" means a club that has applied for or holds a certificate of registration.

(2) For the purposes of this section-

(a) a club shall be considered to be a discriminating club if-

(i) it has any rule, policy or practice which discriminates against a member or an applicant for membership, or

(ii) a person involved in its management discriminates against a member or an applicant for membership in relation to the affairs of the club,

(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), any of the following acts, if done by a club or a person involved in its management on any of the discriminatory grounds, is evidence that the club is a discriminating club:

(i) refusing to admit a person to membership;

(ii) providing different terms and conditions of membership for members or applicants for membership;

(iii) terminating the membership of a person or subjecting a member to any other sanction; or