Unincorporated clubs
Schedule 2 Unincorporated clubs
[s. 49(1)(a)]
[Heading amended: No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
Division 1 — The Anzac Club
1. Terms used
In this Division —
club means the club known as the Anzac Club, which was registered as such under the Licensing Act 1911 5;
League means the body taken to be incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 as The Returned and Services League of Australia WA Branch Incorporated;
State Branch Headquarters means the premises of the League in Perth, known as Anzac House, and situate at 28 (formerly 30A) St George’s Terrace;
State Executive means the State Executive of the League as from time to time constituted under, and elected or appointed in accordance with, the rules of the League.
[Clause 1 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 47 of 2011 s. 17; No. 30 of 2015 s. 232; No. 20 of 2025 s. 67.]
2. Anzac Club
Whilst the club is licensed under this Act and has its premises and conducts its business in the State Branch Headquarters —
the management, conduct and control of the assets and property of the club and of its business and transactions are vested in the State Executive; and
the State Executive is authorised to exercise and have that management, conduct and control subject to this Act insofar as is not inconsistent with this clause; and
the net income from all sources arising from the carrying on, and from the business, of the club, as ascertained from time to time —
remains the property of the League; and
may be used, applied or disposed of by the State Executive not only for the purposes of the club but for any other purpose for which the ordinary funds of the League may be used, applied or disposed of in accordance with the rules of the League;
and
subject to paragraph (e), during the period for which the subscription to the League entitles the person to be a member of the League, a subscribing member of the League is —
taken to be a subscribing member of the club, without payment of further subscription to the club; and
entitled, subject to the rules of the club, to enjoy all the privileges of the club;
and
a person who is a member of the League and is unfinancial under the rules of the League is not entitled, and shall not be permitted or suffered, to enjoy the privileges of the club; and
the rules of the club shall, insofar as they may be inconsistent with this clause, be read subject to this clause.
Subclause (1) shall not be construed as preventing a person who is not a subscribing member of the League from being or becoming a member of the club in accordance with the rules of the club.
If the club ceases to hold a club licence under this Act or is dissolved while the club premises are situated in the State Branch Headquarters, all the assets and property of the club thereupon, without conveyance, transfer, assignment or other assurance, become and shall thereafter remain the property of the League, absolutely.
The club shall not be removed from the State Branch Headquarters and the business and transactions of the club shall not be carried on other than in that building, except by authority of a resolution duly carried by a three‑fifths majority of the delegates present and voting at an Annual Congress of the League or at a special Congress of the League duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance with the rules of the League.
[Clause 2 amended: No. 20 of 2025 s. 67.]
Division 2 — The Air Force Association Club
1. Terms used
In this Division —
Association means the body taken to be incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 as the Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air Force Association (Western Australia Division);
club means the club known as the Air Force Association (Western Australia Division) Club;
Committee of Management means the Division Committee of the Association as from time to time constituted under, and elected or appointed in accordance with, the rules of the Association.
[Clause 1 amended: No. 30 of 2015 s. 232; No. 20 of 2025 s. 67.]
2. Air Force Association (Western Australia Division) Club
Whilst the club is licensed under this Act and has its premises and conducts its business in the State —
the management, conduct and control of the assets and property of the club and its business and transactions are vested in the Committee of Management; and
the Committee of Management is authorised to exercise and have that management, conduct and control subject to this Act insofar as is not inconsistent with this clause; and
the net income from all sources arising from the carrying on, and from the business, of the club, as ascertained from time to time —
remains the property of the Association; and
may be used, applied or disposed of by the Committee of Management not only for the purposes of the club but for any other purpose for which the original funds of the Association may be used, applied or disposed of in accordance with the rules of the Association;
and
subject to paragraph (e), during the period for which the subscription to the Association entitles the person to be a member of the Association, a subscribing member of the Association, on payment of such further subscription as the Committee of Management with the approval of the Director may require, is —
taken to be a subscribing member of the club; and
entitled, subject to the rules of the club, to enjoy all the privileges of the club;
and
a person who is a member of the Association and is unfinancial under the rules of the Association is not entitled, and shall not be permitted or suffered, to enjoy the privileges of the club; and
the rules of the club shall, insofar as they may be inconsistent with this clause, be read subject to this clause.
Subclause (1) shall not be construed as preventing a person who is not a subscribing member of the Association from being or becoming a member of the club in accordance with the rules of the club.
[Clause 2 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 96; No. 73 of 2006 s. 105; No. 20 of 2025 s. 67.]
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