Apply for a liquor licence

If you want to supply liquor within Victoria, you will need a liquor licence. Find out about when a liquor licence is required and what kind of licence you may need.

Temporary limited liquor licences allow individuals or organisations to supply alcohol at a one-off event or a series of one-off events.

You need this licence if you are organising a major event with a large crowd of 5000 people or more and you or your vendors want to sell alcohol at the event.

This licence allows the supply of liquor for consumption on premises and the sale of packaged liquor with a take-away or home delivery meal. Restaurants and cafes generally apply for this licence.

Sporting or community clubs are generally the type of business that apply for a club licence.

A remote seller’s liquor licence is generally applied for by people who want to sell alcohol via phone or internet sales.

This liquor licence type allows makers to supply their alcohol. Breweries, distilleries and wineries generally apply for this licence.

An on-premises liquor licence allows you to sell alcohol to drink on your licensed premises without also being required to serve meals. Bars and nightclubs generally apply for this licence.

Live music venues that want to sell alcohol must hold a liquor licence.

A packaged liquor licence allows you to sell alcohol in containers to people who will drink it away from your licensed premises. Bottle shops and supermarkets generally apply for this licence type.

A general licence allows you to supply liquor for consumption both on and off your licensed premises. Pubs, hotels and taverns generally apply for this licence.

If your business is a restaurant, club or a party bus operator, you may apply for a permit to allow people to bring their own liquor for consumption on your premises.

A pre-retail licence authorises the wholesale supply of liquor to other licensees.

A renewable limited liquor licence authorises the supply of liquor when it is done in a limited or restricted way.

Both venues offering sexually explicit entertainment or sex services businesses wanting to supply alcohol must hold a liquor licence.