This licence allows the sale of liquor in a small venue within the Adelaide CBD without having to provide food.
When applying you'll need to meet certain requirements and provide a range of documents.
Licence summary
The venue must be in the Adelaide CBD and can't have more than 120 patrons on the premises at any one time. It can be a:
- bar
- restaurant
- café
- gallery
- any other small space.
Trading hours
You can trade any day between 8.00 am and 2.00 am.
Your licence may be granted subject to conditions.
Optional additions
Extension of trading area
If you want to sell liquor to be consumed on a footpath or similar outdoor area that's not part of your premises, you will need to apply for an extension of trading area.
Prescribed entertainment
You'll need to apply for prescribed entertainment consent if you want to host any entertainment that:
- is sexually explicit
- involves boxing or martial arts.
Having prescribed entertainment consent will affect your annual fees.
Licence summary
The venue must be in the Adelaide CBD and can't have more than 120 patrons on the premises at any one time. It can be a:
- bar
- restaurant
- café
- gallery
- any other small space.
Trading hours
You can trade any day between 8.00 am and 2.00 am.
Your licence may be granted subject to conditions.
Optional additions
Extension of trading area
If you want to sell liquor to be consumed on a footpath or similar outdoor area that's not part of your premises, you will need to apply for an extension of trading area.
Prescribed entertainment
You'll need to apply for prescribed entertainment consent if you want to host any entertainment that:
- is sexually explicit
- involves boxing or martial arts.
Having prescribed entertainment consent will affect your annual fees.
What you'll need
Documents
To apply for a small venue licence you'll need to upload these documents (a clear photo is acceptable):
- two floor plans of the venue - how to submit a plan of licensed venue (PDF 344KB)
- permission from the landlord - landlords consent form (PDF 111KB)
- the certificate of title.
If you're applying as:
- a company, you'll need an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) extract
- a trustee of a trust, you'll need a copy of the relevant trust deed.
Positions of authority
Each person in a positions of authority will be required to upload 100 points of ID. More information can be found on the South Australian Police website.
Responsible persons
At all times that the venue is open for trade to the public, it will need to be supervised by a responsible person. This is either:
- the licensee
- a director of the licensee (where the licensee is a company)
- a person approved by the commissioner as a responsible person.
If the person you want to supervise your venue is not approved as a responsible person, you can apply for them to be approved. You can do this as part of your licence application.
If a person has already been approved under another current liquor or gaming licence in South Australia, a responsible person application is only required if their circumstances have changed since their last approval.
If the person you want to supervise your venue is already approved you don’t need to do anything further.
Anyone performing the duties of a responsible person must wear an identification badge (RP badge) issued by the commissioner.
Check if someone is approved as a responsible person - you'll need the ID number from their RP badge.
After submitting your application
After submitting your application you must:
- provide a copy of the permit issued by your local council if you applied for extension of trading area - the permit must be in the applicant’s name
- provide a completed Council Approvals – Liquor Licence Application form (PDF 50.89KB).
If you don’t have a certificate of occupancy, but have received all other necessary planning approvals, such as development approval, the commissioner can grant you a certificate of approval and then grant the licence once the development is ready to be occupied. The commissioner will only grant a certificate of approval if the premises is close to completion. There's no additional application to convert your certificate into a licence.
The documents must be lodged 7 days before the date that your application will be considered. You'll be advised of this date after you submit your application.
If documents aren't lodged 7 days before, your application will be adjourned for 6 months.
Once all outstanding documents are lodged, the application will be re-listed for determination. If the outstanding documents aren't received within 6 months the application will be dismissed.
What happens next
You can log in to LGO at any time to track the progress of your application.
Some applications are sent to the South Australia Police Licensing Enforcement Branch.
Some are also required to be advertised.
CBS will advise you of the next steps and what you need to do.
Submissions and interventions
If your application needs to be advertised, anyone will be able to submit their concerns and object to the application.
For example, if your neighbours think your business is going to be noisy or if they are concerned your business will have an impact on the neighbourhood they may consider lodging a submission with the commissioner.
The police may also intervene in your application if they have concerns about public safety and disturbance or the fitness and propriety of any person holding the licence.
If all the approvals are in place and there are no concerns raised by any member of the public (submissions) or police (interventions), the application process will take approximately six to eight weeks.
Submissions or interventions must be lodged at least seven days before the determination date.
If anyone submits a concern regarding your application you'll receive a copy.
You may then be asked to submit a response to the commissioner.
In some rare circumstances, you may also be asked to:
- take part in a conciliation conference with SAPOL (or anyone else who submitted their concerns) and the commissioner or a delegate
- attend a hearing before the Licensing Court.
When determining a matter, the commissioner or delegate must consider all submissions, interventions and responses.
Contact CBS Liquor and Gaming
Email: liquorandgaming@sa.gov.au
Phone: 131 882
Post:
GPO Box 2169
Adelaide SA 5001
