Liquor and hospitality
Licences, trading hours, serving alcohol, food business responsibilities, alcohol and smoking laws.
- Apply for a liquor licence
How to apply for a liquor licence in the Northern Territory, when you don't need a licence and types of authorities you can apply for. - Documents for your liquor licence application
A list of documents you need before you apply for a liquor licence. - Liquor licence types
Work out which liquor licence authority you need before applying for your licence. - Check if you need a liquor licence
Situations where a liquor licence may not be the right option. - Advertise a liquor licence application
How to advertise a liquor licence application. When you need to advertise, what you need to do and where to advertise. - Transfer a liquor licence
How to transfer a liquor licence to an individual, partnership or company. - Change or vary liquor licence conditions or authority
How to temporarily change your liquor licence conditions. - Change a liquor licence nominee
Information for NT licensed premises about how to change a liquor licence nominee, including nominee requirements. - Register as a liquor wholesaler
How to register as a liquor wholesaler in the NT, including how to submit quarterly returns and how to renew your registration. - Sell retail alcohol from interstate to the NT
Rules for interstate liquor retailers on selling alcohol to the Northern Territory, including how to apply for a licence and licence conditions. - Register to serve free alcoholic drinks
Information for Northern Territory businesses wanting to serve free alcoholic drinks to customers, including how to register as a complimentary server and rules that apply. - Declare your associates
Information about declaring associates when applying for a liquor licence including the definition of an associate and who should be disclosed as an associate. - Apply to be an approved licensee
Rules and advice on how to qualify as a 'fit and proper person' to work in the liquor industry. - Appoint an acting liquor licensee
How to appoint an acting liquor licensee on a short term basis if you're unable to run your business. - Declaring liquor sales at your grocery store
How to declare your liquor sales as a liquor licence holder with a grocery store authority.
- Adult entertainment in licensed premises
Information for liquor licensed venues about adult entertainment rules and restrictions. - Camera surveillance in licensed premises
Guidelines for camera surveillance requirements for licensed premises, including camera surveillance plans and access to recordings. - Make changes to licensed premises
How to get approval to make material alterations to a licensed premises. - List of NT licensed premises
Search a database of all licensed premises in the Northern Territory. Search by region, licencee, licence number or category. - Outlaw motorcycle gangs and your liquor licence
Information for licensed premises about outlaw motorcycle gang laws. - Prevent and report drink spiking
Information for liquor licence holders about drink spiking on their premises, including staff responsibilities. - Public holiday trading for licensed premises
Information about public holiday trading restrictions, how they affect your licensed premises and how to stay compliant. Liquor licences with a grocery store authority can't sell on Sundays. - Club and community club events and alcohol
How to notify your intention to hold a club or community club function in the Northern Territory.
- Responsible service of alcohol (RSA)
Who needs a responsible service of alcohol (RSA) certificate, and how to get one. - Fake ID laws
Information for liquor licence holders about fake ID laws and what to do when you seize a fake or false ID. - Intoxicated patrons in licensed premises
Information for liquor licensees and licensed venues about selling and supplying alcohol to intoxicated patrons. - Children working or employed in licensed premises
Rules for liquor licensees about children working or employed in licensed premises including when children can sell, supply or serve alcohol. - Register to serve BYO alcoholic drinks at a business
Businesses in the NT that want to serve BYO liquor to customers, must register as a BYO server of liquor.
- Liquor offences for businesses
Types of liquor (alcohol) offences and penalties for businesses that break the law. Find out about offences, maximum penalties and who is accountable. - Local liquor accords
Local Liquor Accords (LLA) is a voluntary agreement on the management or conduct of local businesses that supply alcohol. - Smoking laws and businesses
Information for businesses about where smoking is permitted, smoke-free policies and non-smoking signs. - Apply for a review of a liquor delegate's decision
How to apply for a review of a liquor delegate's decision if you disagree with the outcome. - Licensed premises and children
Rules for allowing children on a licensed premises and responsibilities of NT liquor licensees. - Death of a liquor licensee
Apply to conduct the business of a liquor licensee after their death. - Bankruptcy, insolvency and other financial difficulties of a liquor licensee
Who to notify if you experience financial difficulty. How to apply to conduct the business of a bankrupt licensee.
- Risk based licensing framework
The Risk Based Licensing (RBL) framework is a key recommendation from the 2017 Alcohol Policies and Legislation Review Final Report (the Riley Review).
- Register a food business
NT food businesses must register and renew yearly. Apply online for new, renewal, or cancellation. Comply with regulations for safe operations. - Food business registration fees
Fees to register or renew your food business. - Food safety and regulations
Information about food safety and regulations for businesses in the Northern Territory. - Private water supplies: food or accommodation businesses
Water safety requirements for businesses that use private water supplies such as bores or rainwater tanks. - Risk classification in food businesses
How food businesses are classified depending on food safety risks. - Register a commercial visitor accommodation
How to register or renew a commercial accommodation business such as a hotel or motel in the Northern Territory.
- Water quality at public events
Quality and amount of drinking water needed for audiences at public events or mass gatherings. - Public health and food safety at events
Public health and food safety requirements for events in the Northern Territory. - Notify Environmental Health of a public event
Notify Environmental Health online if you are organising an event that has food vans, toilets, showers or other facilities.