Public holiday trading for licensed premises

If you are a Northern Territory (NT) liquor licensee, you can only sell alcohol on certain days and at certain times in line with your liquor licence and authorities.

Anzac Day

If you are a licensee with a club authority, you can trade between 4:30am and 10am on top of your normal trading hours on Anzac Day if:

• at least 28 days before the event, you provide the director of liquor licensing both:
  • notice of extended hours
  • a copy of your authorisation from a sub-branch of the Returned Services League (RSL) and
• a light meal or full meal is available during trading hours.

You can host a game of two-up on behalf of an RSL club if it has given you approval. All profits must go to the RSL club.

If you don't have a club authority, you must apply for a special event authority to carry out any commemorations outside of your normal trading hours.

If you are granted a special event authority, the above conditions apply.

Good Friday and Christmas Day

The sale of takeaway liquor on Good Friday and Christmas Day is prohibited.

On Christmas Day, you can sell liquor to patrons buying a full meal between 11am and 9pm if you have any of the following authorities:

• club
• restaurant
• restaurant bar
• public bar.

On Good Friday, you can sell liquor to patrons without meals between 11am and 9pm. This applies if you have any of the following authorities:

• club
• restaurant bar
• public bar.

Licensees with a restaurant authority can sell liquor to patrons on Good Friday between 11am and 9pm if they buy full meal.

Full meal means a meal expected to be served at a restaurant that is eaten when seated at a table or bar.

If you have a different authority, check your liquor licence for your permitted hours of trade.

You cannot apply to extend your Good Friday or Christmas Day trading hours.

New Year's Eve

You can trade until 2am on New Year's Day if you have any of the following authorities and notify the director of liquor licensing by 3 December each year:

• restaurant
• club
• restaurant bar
• public bar
• small bar

If you have a late night or extended late night authority, you can trade for an additional hour on New Year’s Eve.

You must notify the director of liquor licensing by 3 December each year for the additional hour.

For anything outside of this, you must apply for a special event authority or variation of licence conditions.

Give notice to extend trading hours

To give notice, follow these steps:

Step 1. Fill in the notice to director of extension of hours form.

Notice to director of extension of hours PDF (693.9 KB)
Notice to director of extension of hours  DOCX (66.9 KB)

Step 2. Submit the form by email to DirectorLiquorLicensing.DITT@nt.gov.au.

Operating without giving notice is a breach of regulations and you risk disciplinary action.

Contact

For more information, contact Licensing NT.