Your liquor licence renewal timeline for each year is detailed on the Liquor Control Victoria website, however, to save you searching, we have replicated it below.
Licence renewal timeline
- November
Receive your renewal notice via email.
- 31 December
Any applications to change your liquor licence such as reduction of patrons, trading hours, floor space or prescribed venue types must be sent to LCV by this date
- Your renewal fee is due by 31 December.
- 31 March
Final day to pay your overdue renewal fee
- Any application to reduce or waive your licence fee must be lodged before this date.
- 1 April
All unpaid licences are now suspended (known as ceased in force)
- It is illegal to supply liquor after this date if you have not paid your renewal fee.
- 30 June
- Final day to pay before your licence or permit expires.
- Your licence or permit will be lost if you do not pay by this date.
- 1 July
- All unpaid liquor licences expire.
- Landlords, mortgagees or affected people (other than the licensee or permittee) can apply to renew the licence or permit.
- 30 September
- Last day for landlords, mortgagees or other affected people to apply to renew the licence.
- A licence or permit is expired and unable to be renewed in any way.
- 1 October
- A licence or permit cannot be renewed in any way. If you require a liquor licence or permit, you must lodge a new application.