Check if you need a liquor licence
Check if your business needs a liquor licence or BYO permit, find out who is exempt and which businesses cannot be licensed.
Renew your liquor licence
Find out how to renew your liquor licence or permit, by 31 December each year.
Licensee obligations
As a liquor licensee in Victoria you must meet all of your general obligations under the law, including planning, RSA and other training, and your specific liquor licence conditions.
Liquor education and training
There is a range of education and training courses and resources that people involved in the liquor industry in Victoria can access.
Get a Proof of Age card
The Victorian Proof of Age card can be used to show proof of age for people over 18 years. This card is recognised throughout Australia.
Contact Liquor Control Victoria
Contact Liquor Control Victoria with your queries on liquor licensing and regulations. You can also tell us about your experiences with, or in, the liquor industry.
Liquor portal
The Liquor Portal is designed to help licensees manage their existing liquor licence (remove or replace a nominee, add or remove a director, update a postal or eLIcence email address), lodge a new restaurant and cafe licence application or transfer an existing licence.
The Victorian Liquor Commission
Delivers licensing, investigative, disciplinary and other regulatory functions under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 and regulations relating to the supply and consumption of liquor in Victoria.
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