Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Clubs (Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 25th October 1999.

2.  In Schedule 2 (Systems of Control) to the Registration of Clubs (Accounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2)—

(a)in paragraph 5 (Membership records), sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted and the existing sub-paragraph “(3)” shall be re-numbered “(2)”;

(b)in paragraph 12(1) (Summary of receipts) for the words “A record shall be kept” there shall be substituted “At least once each week a record shall be prepared”;

(c)in paragraph 14 (Summary of creditors) for the words “A record shall be maintained” there shall be substituted “At least once each week a record shall be prepared”;

(d)in paragraph 18(1) (Bar staff) the words “and addresses” shall be omitted;

(e)for paragraph 24 (Monthly reports) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“Monthly reports

24.  Each month a report shall be prepared summarising the receipts and payments of the club since the date of the last report; or the date of registration whichever is the later.”

(f)in paragraph 25(b) (Contents of reports, records and receipts) the words “and address” shall be omitted.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Registration of Clubs (Accounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 to relax the systems of control set out in Schedule 2—

(i)a quarterly report on membership records is no longer required;

(ii)a record summarising receipts and creditors will only need to be completed on a weekly basis as is already the case with the records of payments and debtors;

(iii)there is no longer a need for the addresses to be shown on the record of persons engaged in the supply of intoxicating liquor;

(iv)a monthly report of all sums due to the club is no longer required; and

(v)there is no longer a need for anyone preparing reports, vouchers, receipts, etc., to record their address on such documents.