Alcohol Licensing Fees
The following Alcohol Licensing fees are set by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Fees) Regulation 2013. ‘The Act’ refers to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.
Determination of Fee Category
The fees payable by an applicant for an on-licence, off-licence, or club licence for premises comprise of:
(a) an application fee; and
(b) an annual fee.
These premises will be classified by the Council on the basis of the premises' cost/risk rating, and the fees category for the premises. The cost/risk rating of premises is the sum of the highest applicable weighting in tables 2-4. These consist of:
- Type of licensed premises
- Latest alcohol sale time
- Number of enforcement holdings in the past 18 months
Table 1: Definition of type of premises
Type of Premises | Definition |
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BYO restaurant | means a restaurant for which an on-licence is or will be endorsed under section 37 of the Act. |
Class 1 club | means a club that has or applies for a club licence and— (a) has at least 1000 members of purchase age; and (b) in the opinion of the territorial authority, operates any part of the premises in the nature of a tavern at any time. |
Class 2 club | means a club that has or applies for a club licence and is not a class 1 or class 3 club. |
Class 3 club | means a club that has or applies for a club licence and— (a) has fewer than 250 members of purchase age; and (b) in the opinion of the territorial authority, operates a bar for no more than 40 hours each week. |
Class 1 restaurant | means a restaurant that has or applies for an on-licence and— (a) has, in the opinion of the territorial authority, a significant separate bar area; and (b) in the opinion of the territorial authority, operates that bar area, at least 1 night a week, in the manner of a tavern. |
Class 2 restaurant | means a restaurant that has or applies for an on-licence and— (a) has, in the opinion of the territorial authority, a separate bar; and (b) in the opinion of the territorial authority, does not operate that bar area in the manner of a tavern at any time. |
Class 3 restaurant | means a restaurant that has or applies for an on-licence and that, in the opinion of the territorial authority, only serves alcohol to the table and does not have a separate bar area. |
Enforcement holding | means a holding as defined in section 288 of the Act, or an offence under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 for which a holding could have been made if the conduct had occurred after 18 December 2013. |
Remote sales premises | means premises for which an off-licence is or will be endorsed under section 40 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. |
Table 2: The weightings relating to the type of licensed premises
Licence held or sought | Type of premises | Weighting |
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On-licence | Class 1 restaurant, night club, tavern, adult premises | 15 |
On-licence | Class 2 restaurant, hotel, function centre | 10 |
On-licence | Class 3 restaurant, other premises not otherwise specified | 5 |
On-licence | BYO restaurants, theatres, cinemas, winery cellar doors | 2 |
Off-licence | Supermarket, grocery store, bottle store | 15 |
Off-licence | Hotel, tavern | 10 |
Off-licence | Class 1, 2, or 3 club, remote sale premises, premises not otherwise specified | 5 |
Off-licence | Winery cellar doors | 2 |
Club licence | Class 1 club | 10 |
Club licence | Class 2 club | 5 |
Club licence | Class 3 club | 2 |
See Table 4 for definition of type of premises. |
Table 3: Weightings relating to the latest alcohol sales time allowed for premises
Type of premises | Latest trading time allowed by licence (during 24-hour period from 6 am to 6 am) | Weighting |
Premises for which an on-licence or club licence is held or sought | 2 am or earlier | 0 |
Between 2.01 am and 3 am | 3 | |
Any time after 3 am | 5 | |
Premises for which an off-licence is held or sought (other than remote sales premises) | 10 pm or earlier | 0 |
Any time after 10 pm | 3 | |
Remote sales premises | Not applicable | 0 |
Table 4: Weightings relating to the number of enforcement holdings in respect of the premises in the last 18 months
Number of enforcement holdings in last 18 months (applies to all types of premises) | Weighting |
None | 0 |
1 | 10 |
2 or more | 20 |
Fee category
The Council will assign a fees category to any premises for which an on-licence, off-licence, or club licence is held or sought. The fees category will be assigned in accordance Table 5.
Table 5: Fee categories based on weighting
Total weighting based on combined weighting from Tables 2-4 | Fees category |
0–2 | Very low |
3–5 | Low |
6–15 | Medium |
16–25 | High |
26 plus | Very high |
The Council may, in its discretion and in response to particular circumstances, assign a fees category to premises that is 1 level lower than the fees category determined above; but no premises may be assigned a category lower than very low. |
The date on which the fees category for premises must be determined is—
(a) for the purpose of an application fee, the day on which the application is made; and
(b) for the purpose of the annual fee, the day on which the annual fee is payable.
On-Licences, Off-Licences and Club Alcohol Licences Fees
Fees category for premises | Application fee incl. GST | Annual fee incl. GST |
Very low | $368.00 | $161.00 |
Low | $609.50 | $391.00 |
Medium | $816.50 | $632.50 |
High | $1,023.50 | $1,035.00 |
Very high | $1,207.50 | $1,437.50 |
Special Alcohol Licence Fees
Special licence class | Issued in respect of | Fee incl. GST |
Class 1 | 1 large event: more than 3 medium events: more than 12 small events | $575.00 |
Class 2 | 3 to 12 small events: 1 to 3 medium events | $207.00 |
Class 3 | 1 or 2 small events | $63.25 |
The Council may, in its discretion and in response to particular circumstances, charge a fee for a special licence that is 1 class below the class of the licence that is issued; but no fee may be less than the fee payable for a class 3 special licence. |
Table 6: Event size and description
Event size | Description |
Large event | An event that the Council believes on reasonable grounds will have patronage of more than 400 people. |
Medium event | An event that the Council believes on reasonable grounds will have patronage of between 100 and 400 people. |
Small event | An event that the Council believes on reasonable grounds will have patronage of fewer than 100 people. |
Manager Certificates
Type | Fee incl. GST |
Application for a new manager certificate | $316.25 |
Renewal of a manager certificate | $316.25 |
Other Fees Payable
Type | Fee incl. GST | |
Temporary authority to carry on the sale and supply of alcohol | $296.70 | |
Temporary licence to sell alcohol pursuant to a licence from premises other than the premises to which the licence relates | $296.70 application fee | |
Permanent club charters | $632.50 annual fee | |
Extract from register | $57.50 | |
Application for Building Certificate – Alcohol | $140.00 | |
Application for Planning Certificate of Compliance – Alcohol | $160.00 | |
Publishing of public notices on behalf of licensees | First notice: $90.00 | |
Second notice: $50.00 |