Constitution and Club Rules
Rules 25.1 - 29.3
25. IN THE EVENT THAT THE CLUB APPLIES AND IS ACCEPTED FOR A
LIQUOR LICENCE THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY.
REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACTS 1904-1988,
INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT 1988
No person other than a Member (as defined in Clause 3.3 hereof) shall order or pay for refreshments in the Clubhouse. Cash must be paid for every expense incurred in the Clubhouse before the person ordering leaves the premises.
25.2No visitor shall be supplied with excisable liquor on the Club premises unless on the invitation and in the company of a Member, and that Member shall, upon the admission of such visitor to the Club premises or immediately upon his being supplied with such liquor, enter his or her own name and the name and address of the visitor in a book which shall be kept for the purpose and which shall show the date of each visit.
25.3The Committee of Management may prohibit the admission of any visitor to the Club premises and no member shall bring any person whose admission is prohibited into the Club premises.
25.4No excisable liquors shall be sold or supplied for consumption outside the premises of the Club, except to Members of the Club, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and ten o’clock at night.
25.5No excisable liquor shall be sold or supplied in the Club premises to any person under the age of eighteen years.
25.6No Officer or Member of the Committee of Management, and no Manager or Servant employed by the Club, shall have any personal interest in the sale to the Club of supplies of excisable liquor, or the profits arising from such sale.
25.7Subject to the exceptions contained in Clause 25.8 no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the Club premises to any person (other than a member of the Club lodging in the Club premises) or be consumed on the Club premises by any person (other than a Member of the Club lodging in the Club premises)
25.7.1On a week-day, before the
hour of half past ten o’clock in the morning or,
(1) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half past eleven o’clock
in the evening, or
(2) during a period which is not a period of Summer time, after the hour of eleven
o’clock in the evening
On any Sunday, before the hour of half past twelve o’clock in the afternoon or between the hours of two o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eleven o’clock in the evening, or
25.7.3St. Patrick’s Day, where that day falls on a weekday, before the hour of half past twelve o’clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eleven o’clock in the evening, or
25.7.4At any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday.
25.8Nothing contained in the Registration of Clubs Acts, 1904-1988 or contained by virtue only of the operation of Clause 25.7 hereof shall operate to prohibit the supplying for consumption on the Club premises of excisable liquor to any person or the consumption of excisable liquor on the Club premises by any person.
25.8.1During a period of summer time, between the hours of half past eleven o’clock in the evening on any week-day and half past twelve o’clock in the morning on the following day, or
25.8.2During a period which is not a period of summer time, between the hours of eleven o’clock in the evening on any weekday and half past twelve o’clock in the morning of the following day or
25.8.3On any Sunday, between the hours of two o’clock and three o’clock in the afternoon, or
25.8.4On Christmas Day, between the
hours of one o’clock and three o’clock in the afternoon or the hours of seven
o’clock and ten o’clock in the evening if, in each case, the excisable liquor
is
(1) ordered by the person at the same time as a substantial meal is ordered by him/her,
(2) consumed at the same time as with the meal,
(3) supplied and consumed in the portion of the Club premises usually set apart for the
supply of meals, and
(4) paid for at the same time as the meal is paid for.
In Clauses 25.7 and 25.8 hereof "period of summer time", "week-day", and "Sunday" have the meanings assigned to them by Section 1 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988.
26. CHANGE OF CONSTITUTION AND RULES
26.1No rule of either the Men’s Club or the Ladies’ Club shall be repealed or altered or new rule made except at a General meeting of such Club and by the consent of at least two-thirds of the members present and entitled to vote at such meeting and written notice of the proposed change must be sent to the Honorary Secretary of the particular Club, with the names of the proposer and seconder attached, at least twenty-one days previous to the Meeting at which same is to be considered.
26.2No rule of the Joint Club shall be repealed or altered or new rule made except at a General meeting of such Club and by the consent of at least two-thirds of the members present and entitled to vote at such meeting and written notice of the proposed change must be sent to the Honorary Secretary of the Joint Club, with the names of the proposer and seconder attached, at least twenty-one days previous to the Meeting at which same is tobe considered.
26.3The Honorary Secretary shall place any proposal on the Club Notice Board and put the item on the Agenda for the next General Meeting of the Club concerned.
26.4Any change in the Constitution of the Men’s Club which affects Rule 10 of the Constitution of the Golfing Union of Ireland must be submitted to the Union for approval prior to adoption.
26.5No change in the rules of the Men’s Club shall be in conflict with the Constitution of the Golfing Union of Ireland. Any change in the constitution of the Ladies’ Club must not conflict with the rules of the Irish Ladies’ Golfing Union and must be submitted to the Union for approval prior to adoption.
26.6Any change in the Constitution which affects or may affect exemption under Section 349 Income Tax Act 1967 shall be notified to the Revenue Commissioners
27. RULES OF GOLF AND LOCAL RULES
27.1The Rules of the Game of Golf for the Men’s and the Ladies’ Clubs shall be the Rules of Golf as approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
27.2In addition the Committee of Management, in consultation with the Men’s and the Ladies’ Committees in compliance with Sub-Clause 7.5.2 shall from time to time prescribe such Local Rules as it considers necessary having regard to the nature of the course or otherwise provided such Local Rules are not contrary to or at variance with the Rules of Golf or directives issued by the respective Union to which the Men’s Club or the Ladies’ Club is affiliated.
28. BYE - LAWS
28.1The Committee of Management shall have power from time to time in compliance with Sub-Clause 7.5.1 to make such Bye-Laws as it considers necessary and to alter and repeal same.
28.2Each of the Men’s and the Ladies’ Committees shall have power from time to time to make such Bye-Laws as it considers necessary for matters under their respective jurisdiction.
BYE-LAWS
Under this heading it is usual to prescribe:
i) Playing times
ii) Priorities on the 1st or 10th Tee for Fourballs and singles on Week-days, Week-ends,
Holidays, etc.
iii) Regulations for Dress on the Course and in the Clubhouse
iv) Prohibition of Animals
29. NON-DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, ASSETS OR PROFITS TO MEMBERS
29.1No part of the assets, income or profits
of the Club shall be distributed in any form to the members.
[This Clause will not prevent the Club having normal arms-length trading or contract
(including employment) arrangements with members provided that the arrangements are
approved by the Committee of Management and the Committee of the Men’s Club or the
Ladies’ Club as appropriate].
On a winding up or dissolution of the Club the assets or surplus arising shall be transferred to a body, approved by the Members, having a Constitution with objects and restrictions similar to those set out in this Constitution.
29.3On the non renewal of the present lease contract with the present property owner the assets or surplus arising shall be transferred to a body, approved by the Members, having a Constitution with objects and restrictions similar to those set out in this Constitution.