Sports Business Legal Requirements

This report analyzes the essential legal requirements for sports businesses in Australia, covering anti-discrimination laws, health and safety regulations, privacy acts, workplace safety standards, and relevant taxation legislation. It emphasizes the importance of compliance with these laws for the smooth operation and success of sports businesses.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Main Legal requirement of a sports business..............................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
To run a company in effective manner and smoothly, it is quite essential for the firm to
follow all the legal requirements. In the same way, report is also based upon the case study of
sporting facilities such as restaurants, offers fast food facilities, bars and large number of
employees. The report provides or highlight the main legal requirement of a business and also
describe some relevant legislation as well.
MAIN BODY
Main Legal requirement of a sports business
The law related to sports is refers to the specialized practice which mainly focused on the
legal issues that are pertaining in sports industry. That is why, Australian government also made
different organization that keep monitor whether the business are compliance with laws or not
(Sports recreation law in Australia, 2018). For running a business smoothly, it is quite essential
for every business to follow all the laws and legal requirement such that a fair trading law also
ensures that the business is operates fairly and competitive and also help to protect the customers
as well. For the same way, for all the business owners in Australia, they have to register their
business and this must includes:
 The Australian Business Number (ABN)
 Goods and Service tax (GST)
 Tax file number (TFN)
 Pay as you go (PAYG) with holding
Therefore, there are many laws that should be follow by the sports club when it deals
with the restaurants and bars as well such that:
Anti- discrimination law: If refers to the laws that is mainly designed by the Australian
government in order to prevent discrimination for a specific group of people. Even it has been
analyzed that it vary by the jurisdiction with regards to different types of discrimination which
are prohibit and those protected by the government as well. In the same way, the sport club and
a sport business should also be follow this law in order to protect the business and run it
smoothly (Herat and Panikkar, 2019). Moreover, this law is rooted in the principles of equality,
specifically where individuals are not treated in different manner because of their caste, age,
gender and religion etc.
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Generally, in sports coaches are discriminated the people on the basis of favoritism and
even the decision is also influenced which is not lawful and fair. Therefore, it creates a negative
impact upon the team. That is why, generally this anti- discrimination law is made in order to
take a decision fairly. It has been analysed that discrimination mainly occur when someone is
treated less favorably than another person which is further based upon the ground. Apart from
this, when decision are made on personal characteristics which are potentially unlawful and that
is why a person should not treated unlawful. Even many places, a direct discrimination is occur
at the time of training or selecting a team for performance, that time also discrimination occurs.
Therefore, every business should follow Anti- discrimination act that helps to treat in fair
manner.
Health and safety law, 2011: while running a sport business, the firm should also govern
the policy of health and safety a workplace and that should be apply in workers, volunteers,
students and club members. For that, a company should also maintain risk management register
that helps to be aware, attend some problems related to hazard and the risk which are involved
during the club operations (Lansbury, 2019). Further, a duty of care is also imposed on an
organization in order to determine that all reasonable precautions are uses by the firm in order to
prevent an injury. The Health and safety law of Australia, also leads the development of a
national policy in order to improve the work of health and safety of a workers and people.
Thus, the law also helps to prevent the person from injury and Australia also made
different agency that keep monitoring whether the business is comply with the laws or not.
Privacy Act: The commonwealth act 1988 also governs the collection and some use of
personal information in which the person identity is Evident, the act also help a business to
prevent the personal identity from getting misused. For a sports business, it is quite necessary to
follow the Privacy Act 1988 that mainly regulates how the personal information is handled and
it also includes Australian Privacy Principles that is quite necessary to be applied by each private
sector as well as sport business too (McGregor, Wood and Vickery, 2019). On the other side, if
the law is breach then a business should pay a high amount in a form of penalty and company's
brand image is also affected from this.
Workplace safety law: This law mainly helps to provide pre- guidance to their
employees whenever a new machines is introduces in the working area. Such that it also helps to
lead a development of a national policy that helps to improve the work and Health and safety of
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the workers in Australia. It has been anlyzed that the law is not regulate by the WHS legislation.
But for the a business smoothly, there is a need to follow the laws accordingly, otherwise, it also
leads to penalty as well. Therefore, the law of workplace safety provides an overview of how to
make sage place for workers and also describe some legal responsibility and duties of an
employers as well ion the firm (Mees and Smith, 2019). The law also regulates or set out the
standards that helps to meet for some specific hazard and risk such as noise, machinery etc.
therefore, a business must have a license that helps to run a business and make essential reports
as well.
Employment law: In sports business, there is a need to follow employment law, which
helps to protect those who work to a contract of service and the firm should also pay the
minimum wages as per describe in the section. Further, the employment standard also set the
minimum standards of an employment such as maximum weekly hours working and annual
leave, long service leave and other legal documentation that is also included in the employment
law. In the same way, the sport business should also be aware of all the employment law
principles, that helps to run the business in effective manner.
Apart from some relevant legislation, there are some important taxation legislation as
well which needs to be comply with a firm. Such that the taxes in Australia is collected by the
Australian Taxation office and even for some cases it is also collected by state government
revenue offices as well (Olsen, 2019). That is why the business who are performing in legal way
is liable to pay tax to government and many firm also save money and pay the correct amount on
time in order to taking an advantage of any tax concessions which are they entitled to. But
among all the key tax that affect the business most is Income tax, Capital Gain tax and goods and
service tax which is collected by quarterly, annually and monthly. These are as mentioned below:
Company Tax: A company is liable to pay company tax even though it belong to
different firms, but the rate is set by the Australian government and on the other side, a non-
resident company is also taxed at the same rate. But the taxable income and the tax rate is also
vary under some circumstances or it also affected by the business structure as well. Such that for
small business, the tax rate is less than big firm and I the same way, it vary from small business
to large. For instance, for companies, the base rate is around 27.5% and the companies who are
not for profit, its income category is for those companies whose taxable income is $416 then the
rate is nil. But for the firm whose taxable income is $417 to $ 915 their rate is 55%.
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This shows that the rate is also vary from the actual income and it is quite necessary to
pay the amount as well, so that it is benefit for companies as well as fro an individuals too.
Capital gain Tax: It is paid by the firm as a part of income tax and it is also applied on
capital gain through disposal of assets. This tax is applied by the firm which are carrying on the
business in Australia (Rutherford, 2019). For that reason, the business should also required to
keep the records for the future and all business including small business are also eligible for the
capital gain tax but there are some circumstances which needs to be fulfilled.
Good and service Tax: it is the national and broad consumer tax that is also used by
Australia who offer the services and goods to their customers. Such that it is also applicable for
Sports business as well and for that reason, the business should be registered with Australian
Taxation office. On the other side, there is an advantage of using the service such that business
can also gain a credit input while applying GST and on the other side, not for profit firms are
also liable for some concession as well.
Payroll tax: This tax legislation is beneficial for the members of a firm as well as
employees such that it is a state tax on the wages which a business pay to their employees.
Therefore, it is calculated on the amount of wages which paid per month to their employees.
Such that if the total amount of wages is exceed to the exemption threshold, then a business
should be pay higher amount as a penalty (Stephenson and Persadie, 2019). Thus, the payroll tax
is different for every business and it should be paid for getting benefit for employees as well as
for a business too.
CONCLUSION
By summing up above report, it has beStephenson, J. and Persadie, N., 2019en concluded
that laws and legislation plays an important role for every business and if a firm follow or
comply with the legal requirement in effective manner, then the business will definitely run
smoothly. Therefore, the report also concluded some of the important laws that should be follow
by the sport business such that Anti- discrimination law, privacy act and Health and safety law.
Further, report also concluded some taxation laws that should also be comply with Sport
business in order to run the business effectively.
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REFERENCES
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McGregor, A., Wood, J. P. and Vickery, G., 2019. Corporate law: What the modern slavery
legislation means for the governance professional. Governance Directions. 71(1). p.44.
Mees, B. and Smith, S. A., 2019. Corporate governance reform in Australia: a new institutional
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Olsen, G. M., 2019. Protective legislation: The “third pillar” of the welfare state. Social Policy &
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Rutherford, J., 2019. [Book review]" Equality and discrimination law in Australia". QUT Law
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Stephenson, J. and Persadie, N., 2019. Anti-discrimination legislation in the Caribbean: is
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