Vary or transfer your liquor licence

To make a change or to vary your existing liquor licence or permit, download the kit below.

The kit contains all forms and related materials required to apply to change the hours of operation, area or size of the premises and general conditions of the licence or permit.

There is an application fee to vary liquor licence details.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• a completed and signed application form with the fee
• planning permit or permission
• four copies of red-line plan if changing the size or perimeter of the licensed area
• kerbside trading permit if adding the kerbside to the red-line area.

To apply to change the category of liquor licence you hold, download the form below.

There is an application fee to change your licence category.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form with the fee
• four copies of the red-line plan
• planning permit or permission.

If you want to change the category of your liquor licence from a full club licence to a restricted club licence, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form
• four copies of the red-line plan
• planning permit or permission.

If you're a licensee of a live music venue and you wish to vary your liquor licence conditions in relation to crowd controllers, CCTV cameras and RSA trained staff download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form
• planning permit or permission (if applicable)
• proposed management plan (not applicable in all cases).

If you are applying to vary your liquor licence to specify patron numbers for a function room or accommodation area for the purposes of excluding these patrons from the venue capacity multiplier, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form
• planning permit or permission
• four copies of the red-line plan
• calculation by a registered building surveyor of the patron numbers.

If you're an executor, trustee, administrator, owner or mortgagee in possession of a licensed premises and wish to apply to have your name endorsed on the licence or permit, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure will require you to submit:

• the completed application form
• completed questionnaire
• evidence of licensee training completed
• evidence of eligibility or proof of ownership.

To apply to add a new director or nominee to an existing liquor licence or permit, complete the application online via the applications portal. There is an application fee.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• the completed and signed application form with the fee
• completed questionnaire
• evidence of licensee training completed.

To register or update the details of an owner or mortgagee on an existing liquor licence, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure requires you to submit the completed and signed application form.

An associate of a liquor licence applicant/licensee is a person who holds a financial interest, or can exercise any power in the selling of liquor by any business operated by the applicant/licensee. An associate can also be a relative who is involved in the operations and management of any business selling liquor operated by the applicant. A full description is defined in the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998.

Licensees/permittees must notify the Commission within 14 days if their associates have changed. For bodies corporate, this also includes associates of directors. This is an ongoing obligation for all current licensees/permittees and failure to do so may result in enforcement action by LCV.

Licensees must notify LCV through completing the below form.

The procedure requires you to submit the fully completed and signed application form below. There is no fee for this application.

If two or more clubs are sharing facilities and paying separate licences, they may decide to amalgamate licences for greater administrative efficiency and to save costs.

Download the Amalgamated club licence application kit.

There is an application fee to amalgamate club licences.

The procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form with the fee
• planning permit or permission
• completed questionnaires for each person named on the application
• club rules
• Certificate of Incorporation
• a plan of the premises
• evidence of required training completed
• your most recent meeting minutes or AGM minutes.

To apply to allow another person to carry on a business of supplying liquor on a licensed premises or to sublet a licensed premises to another business, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

This procedure requires you to submit:

• completed and signed application form
• completed questionnaire(s)
• evidence of required training completed
• copy of the lease, sub-lease or other written management agreement
• terms and conditions consent form.

This procedure is to be used when you want Liquor Control Victoria (LCV) to approve the presence on any part of the licensed premises of persons under the age of 18 years at an underage or youth event, other than in the company of a parent, spouse or legal guardian or responsible adult.

There are strict conditions set out in the 2 available application forms below that you need to be aware of. Please check each form's checklist to find out which application is right for your event.

There is an application fee for a temporary approval for underage patrons.

This procedure requires you to submit the fully completed application form with the fee.

To apply for a permanent authority to permit persons under the age of 18 years to be on the licensed premises other than in the company of a responsible adult, download the form below.

There is no fee for this application.

The procedure requires you to submit the completed and signed application form.

Use this procedure if you are a licensed club and you want to apply for approval to allow the attendance of underage persons on the licensed club premises.

There is no fee for this application

The procedure requires you to submit the completed and signed application form below.

To apply for an exemption from the requirement to provide free drinking water at licensed premises, please visit the free water for patrons page.

Licensees who hold a general, on-premises, late night or packaged liquor licence may use this form to apply for an exemption from one or more of the training requirements relating to RSA.

There is no fee for this application

The procedure requires you to submit the completed and signed application form below.

To relocate your existing liquor licence to a new premises, download and complete the form below.

There is an application fee to relocate a liquor licence.

The procedure will require you to submit:

• completed and signed application form with the fee
• four copies of the red-line plan
• planning permit or permission.

Visit the online liquor portal to change your postal address.