The alcohol licensing fees are set at a national level by the Government.
Important details to note are:
- An annual fee is payable on the anniversary of your premise licence.
- Licences for premises are based on a cost/risk-based approach for alcohol licensing fees.
Please use the table below to calculate your weighting amount for your premises and then use that to establish which risk category your premises fits into. Once calculated, please refer to the alcohol licensing fees.
Alcohol licensing fees
Cost/risk category framework for alcohol licences
| Licence type
| Type of premises (definitions are available below this table)
| Weighting
|
|---|
| On Licence
| Class 1 restaurants, night club, tavern, adult premises
| 15
|
| Class 2 restaurants, hotel, function centre
| 10
|
| Class 3 restaurants, other
| 5
|
| BYO restaurant, theatres, cinemas, winery cellar doors
| 2
|
| Off Licence
| Supermarket, grocery store, bottle store
| 15
|
| Hotel, tavern
| 10
|
| Class 1, 2 or 3 club, remote sale premises, other
| 5
|
| Winery cellar doors
| 2
|
| Club Licence
| Class 1 club
| 10
|
| Class 2 club
| 5
|
| Class 3 club
| 2
|
+
| Licence type
| Latest trading hour allowed by licence
| Weighting
|
|---|
On Licence or Club Licence
| 2am or earlier
| 0
|
| Between 2.01am and 3am
| 3
|
| Any time after 3am
| 5
|
Off Licence
| 10pm or earlier
| 0
|
| Any time after 10pm
| 3
|
| Remote sales premises
| Not applicable
| 0
|
+
| Number of enforcements holdings in last 18 months
| Weighting
|
|---|
| None
| 0
|
| 1
| 10
|
| 2 or more
| 20
|
Definitions
Class 1 restaurants – restaurants with a significant separate bar area which, in the opinion of the relevant TA, operate that bar at least 1 night a week in the nature of a tavern, such as serving alcohol without meals to tables situated in the bar area.
Class 2 restaurants – restaurants that have a separate bar (which may include a small bar area) but which, in the opinion of the relevant TA, do not operate that area in the nature of tavern at any time.
Class 3 restaurants – restaurants that only serve alcohol to the table and do not have a separate bar area.
Class 1 clubs – clubs which, in the opinion of the TA, are large clubs (with 1,000 or more members of purchase age) and which, in the opinion of the relevant TA, operate in the nature of a tavern (for example a large working men's club, combined clubs, or large 'cossie' clubs).
Class 2 clubs – clubs which do not fit class 1 or class 3 definitions (for example larger sports clubs, medium sized RSAs, many provincial social clubs).
Class 3 clubs - clubs which, in the opinion of the TA, are small clubs (with fewer than 250 members of purchase age) and which operate a bar for 40 hours or less per week (for example small sports clubs like bowling clubs, golf clubs, bridge clubs, and small RSAs).
Enforcement – has the same meaning as a “Holding” under section 288 of the Act, or a previous offence for which a holding may have been issued if the offence had occurred before 18 December 2013.
Fee category
The licensing system has five fee categories, which reflect the range of cost/risk ratings.
| Total rating
| Fee category
|
|---|
| 0-2
| Very low
|
| 3-5
| Low
|
| 6-15
| Medium
|
| 16-25
| High
|
| 26+
| Very high
|
More information
Ministry of Justice - Fee system for alcohol licensing
