Denied or revoked liquor permits
To get or keep a liquor permit, you need to show and continue to demonstrate you're a responsible person.
The community and authorities can make an application to have your permit revoked if you don't follow the rules.
Denied liquor permits
You can be denied a liquor permit if you:
- have broken the law, especially if the offences are alcohol-related
- are not a fit and proper person
- you’ve given false or misleading information in your application
- you have a banned drinker order.
Even if you had a permit before, you still need to meet the requirements each time you apply.
Revoked liquor permits
Your liquor permit can be revoked.
The more breaches or the more serious the breach, the longer you will have to wait before you can be issued another permit.
This applies if you:
- cause substantial annoyance or disruption of community order and peace, or are given a police-issued banned drinker order (BDO) of 3 months or greater. This includes:
- public drunkenness
- minor liquor-related antisocial behaviour/disturbances
- ‘humbugging’ or begging.
- leave liquor-related waste within the restricted area
- illegally bring liquor into or have liquor in a restricted area
- are charged with:
- any liquor-related offence not listed on this page and punishable by no more than 6 months imprisonment
- low range drink driving – blood alcohol between .05% and .08%
- unlawful possession, supply or transport of kava.
This applies if you are:
- banned from a licensed premises or served with a trespass notice from a licensed premises or public/private event within the restricted area
- a driver who is on alcohol restrictions of 0.0% blood alcohol and who is charged with a drink driving offence
- charged with:
- medium range drink driving – blood alcohol between .08% and .15%
- any liquor-related offence not listed on this page and punishable by up to 2 years of imprisonment.
This applies if you:
- supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years.
- supply liquor to another person who is not a guest of the permit holder, and that person resides within the restricted area
- assault any person
- are involved in liquor-related domestic or family violence
- are issued an NT Police Force:
- restraining order
- domestic violence order with non-intox conditions
- any court order with non-intox conditions.
- fail to submit to breath analysis
- are charged with:
- the supply of a dangerous drug to another person, or possession of a trafficable quantity of a dangerous drug or kava
- high range driving – blood alcohol content of .15% or greater
- any liquor-related offence not listed on this page that is punishable by imprisonment of more than 2 years
- commit any liquor-related serious crime.
Appealing a denied or revoked permit
If your liquor permit is denied or revoked by Licensing NT, you can make an application to have the decision reviewed.
Complete the form within 28 days to appeal.
Application for review of delegate decision PDF (827.2 KB)
Application for review of delegate decision DOCX (70.5 KB)
Email completed applications to directorliquorlicensing@nt.gov.au.