VPRS 3010 Register of Licensed Clubs

The Licensing Act 1906 introduced extensive requirements for the registration of clubs. Applications for registration were to be made to the clerk of the Licensing Court for the Licensing District in which the club premises were located. Applications were to be accompanied by copies of the club's rules and names and addresses of bon fide members and notices of intention to seek registration were to be published in newspapers circulating within the Licensing District. If no objections were received and the Licensing Inspector gave a satisfactory report, the clerk of the Licensing Court, in the name of the Court, could grant the registration and issue a certificate of registration. If objections were received, then the Court would inquire into and deal with the application. The certificate allowed liquor to be sold and consumed on the clubs premises in accordance with conditions specific to registered clubs as well as the general provisions for licensed premises as specified in the Act. The sale or supply of liquor in unregistered clubs was illegal and those found guilty were subject to fines or imprisonment.Club certificates remained current until the 31st of December in the year of issue. Certificates were then renewable by essentially the same process as for initial registration.Provisions for club registration remained essentially unchanged until 1968 when the Liquor Control Act 1968 came into operation. That Act introduced club licences. Similar to the certificates of registration, club licences remained current to the 31st of December in the year of issue and were renewable annually or varied by application. The Act also provided that unlicensed clubs could apply for permits to allow liquor to be consumed, possessed or controlled on the club's premises on specified particular occasions.As part of the inspection and approval process, clerks of licensing courts were required to keep a book called the Club Register in which were to be recorded the particulars of each application for grant or renewal of club registration. The format of that book was prescribed in the rules and regulations under the 1906 Act (see Victorian Government Gazette No. 25, 22 February 1907, pages 1240-57).Club Registers recorded the number of the application, date of application, name of applicant, nature of application, name of club, situation of premises, purpose of club, number of members, objections to registration, result of application, authority responsible for approval or refusal, date of decision, percentage fees, and remarks. Club Registers are not a signed record of court proceedings.

1906年《牌照法》（Licensing Act 1906）对俱乐部注册提出了全面详尽的要求。俱乐部注册申请需提交至俱乐部场所所属牌照辖区的牌照法院书记员处。申请材料需附带俱乐部章程副本、正式会员的姓名与地址，同时需在牌照辖区内发行的报纸上刊登注册意向公告。若未收到任何反对意见且牌照督察出具合格报告，牌照法院书记员得以法院名义核准注册并颁发注册证书；若收到反对意见，则由法院对申请进行调查并作出处理。该证书允许在俱乐部场所内按照注册俱乐部专属条款及本法规定的领照场所通用条款，售卖并饮用酒类饮品。未注册俱乐部售卖或提供酒类饮品属于违法行为，违规者将面临罚款或监禁处罚。
俱乐部注册证书的有效期至发证当年的12月31日，证书续期流程与初始注册基本一致。
俱乐部注册相关条款基本保持不变，直至1968年《1968年酒类管制法》（Liquor Control Act 1968）生效，该法引入了俱乐部牌照制度。与注册证书类似，俱乐部牌照有效期至发证当年的12月31日，可每年续期，或通过申请变更牌照内容。该法同时规定，未持有牌照的俱乐部可申请许可，以在指定特定场合下在俱乐部场所内饮用、持有或管控酒类饮品。
作为核查与审批流程的一部分，牌照法院书记员需保管一本名为《俱乐部登记册》（Club Register）的簿册，用于记录所有俱乐部注册或续期申请的详细信息。该簿册的格式由1906年《牌照法》项下的规章制度规定（详见1907年2月22日第25号《维多利亚政府公报》（Victorian Government Gazette），第1240-1257页）。
《俱乐部登记册》需记录以下内容：申请编号、申请日期、申请人姓名、申请性质、俱乐部名称、场所位置、俱乐部宗旨、会员人数、注册反对意见、申请结果、负责核准或驳回的主管机构、决定日期、费用比例及备注事项。
《俱乐部登记册》并非法院诉讼程序的签字记录。