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Non-commercial Recreation Blue Mts- fees for clubs 8-Aug-2014 At 11:01:55 PM jrc

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Thanks Marty and yes a good point. The council does explain on their webpage the rationale behind the licence- it is related to the public liability policy and covers the expected insurance requirement for the organising body needing to have a registered place for their activity. Why they pick $30 I have no idea but I expect that covers the council admin cost of entering & keeping the records. Commercial operations have far higher fees.

The public liability itself is a newie for clubs though as far as I am aware. I'm not sure the club I am in is covered for example. I would imagine university clubs would typically be covered by the Uni union insurance but it would be a good idea to check that with each university and club - don't take my imaginings as the truth! Similarly for school or scout groups.