(1) The Committee may make by-laws prescribing all matters that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), by-laws may ¾

(a) prescribe the objects, purposes and powers of the Association;

(b) regulate the application of the income and property of the Association and the manner in which funds of the Association are to be controlled;

(c) regulate the management of the Association;

(d) provide for the election of members of the Committee and the constitution, procedure, functions and powers of the Committee;

(e) regulate the election or qualifications for admission of members of the Association;

(f) regulate the suspension or expulsion of members of the Association;

(g) regulate appeals from decisions of the Committee;

(h) provide for the entrance fees, subscriptions and other amounts (if any) to be paid by members of the Association;

(i) provide for the keeping of a register of members;

(j) regulate the procedure at and in relation to general or special meetings of members;

(k) provide for the custody and use of the common seal of the Association;

(l) provide for matters concerned or connected with the property of, or held in trust for, the Association, including admission fees and other charges;

(m) provide for the general management of the property of, or held in trust for, the Association, races and race meetings.

(3) By-laws shall be ¾

(a) made by resolution passed by an absolute majority of members of the Committee; and

(b) published in any manner that the Committee considers appropriate.

(4) By-laws are not ¾

(a) written laws or subsidiary legislation as defined in the Interpretation Act 1984;

(b) regulations as defined in the Interpretation Act 1984 section 42.

(5) Section 43 (other than subsections (6) and (8)(a)(ii)), 44, 45 and 47 of the Interpretation Act 1984 apply to by-laws as if they were subsidiary legislation as defined in that Act.

(6) To the extent that by-laws are inconsistent with any written law or with rules of racing made under the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003, the by-laws are of no effect.

[Section 7 inserted by No. 35 of 2003 s. 226.]