Liquor registrations
If you plan to sell wholesale liquor, serve free alcohol with a business or community group, or allow customers to BYO, you need to register.
You can:
- register or renew as a liquor wholesaler
- register to serve BYO alcohol at a business
- register to serve free alcoholic drinks at a business
- register to serve alcohol at small community groups.
Before you register
Check the registration form for the types of documents you will need.
Some registrations are free while others include a fee, read more about fees, processing times and how to submit your registration.
You can register for 1, 3 or 5 years. If you want to renew, you must do this before your current registration expires.
Read about wholesaler reporting requirements.
Fee
There is a fee. Read more about registration fees.
New registrations
Register as a liquor wholesaler form PDF (224.5 KB)
Register as a liquor wholesaler form DOCX (68.5 KB)
Registration renewals
Renew a liquor wholesaler registration form PDF (948.9 KB)
Renew a liquor wholesaler registration form DOCX (697.9 KB)
By registering as a BYO server of liquor, your customers can bring and drink their own alcohol at your venue, while consuming food purchased from you.
You can register for 3 years and can re-register as needed.
You do not need to register if your business already has a liquor licence.
Fee
It is free to register.
Register your business as a BYO server of liquor
Application to register your business as a BYO server of liquor PDF (945.9 KB)
Application to register your business as a BYO server of liquor DOCX (699.5 KB)
You must register as a complimentary server of liquor to serve free alcoholic drinks to customers.
This is for businesses who:
- do not have a liquor licence, and
- selling food or drinks is not part of the main business.
It allows you to serve no more than 2 complimentary standard drinks to a customer in a day.
Registrations are for one, 5 or 10 years and you can re-register as needed.
Fee
It is free to register.
Register your business as a complimentary server of liquor
Application to register your business as a complimentary server of liquor PDF (581.9 KB)
Application to register your business as a complimentary server of liquor DOCX (695.9 KB)
If you run a small community group of 100 members or less and want to serve free alcohol to members, you must register.
Registering allows you to serve free drinks, not sell, for up to 4 hours per week if:
- you don't have a liquor licence
- the person serving has a responsible service of alcohol (RSA) certificate
- it's served at the premises nominated on the registration
- the main purpose of your small community group is to run an activity, not to drink alcohol.
For example, it will allow your group to serve free drinks:
- after training or games to team members
- to members at practice
- to the workplace as part of a social club.
Fee
It is free to register.
Register as a server of liquor
Application to register as a server of liquor - small community group PDF (811.0 KB)
Application to register as a server of liquor - small community group DOCX (77.7 KB)