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Manage your tobacco licence 

Find out how to renew or change your tobacco licence.

Renew your tobacco licence

Tobacco licences are valid for a financial year. You must apply to renew your licence by 30 June each year.

If we do not make a decision about your renewal application before your licence expires, your licence remains valid until the decision has been made.

The first licensing period will be extended

Licences issued during the 2025-26 financial year will be valid until 30 June 2027.

You must submit your licence renewal before 30 June 2027.

More information about the renewal process will be provided before this date.

Renewal Fee: $829.60

Change your tobacco licence

If you need to make any of the changes below, you must:

  1. Complete and sign the relevant form. Forms will be available in July 2025.
  2. Pay the fee
  3. Email the form to us at contacttobacco@justice.vic.gov.au
ChangeCurrent fee
Vary the category or conditions of your licence. You cannot vary a standard licence condition.$162.90
Transfer your licence to a new owner$162.90
Relocate your licence to a different business location$162.90
Request a copy of a licence$42.00
Cancel or suspend a licenceNo fee

Add an additional premises to your licence

Use this form if you already have a Victorian tobacco licence and need a licence for an additional premises.

Additional premises fee: $1,175.20

Application for a tobacco licence: Add an additional premises
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Fees on this page are for the 2025–26 financial year. Fee units are updated each year by the Department of Treasury and Finance.

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