Liquor Licensing

Processing Your Application

On, Off and Club License Applications are generally processed within five or six weeks of receiving the application.  Special licenses take at least 25 working days to process.  These timeframes will be delayed if there is information outstanding from your application, or if there are any objections to your application from the public or reporting authorities.

The DLA forwards copies of your application to various reporting agencies before making its licensing decision.  If there has been an objection to your application, it will be handled by the national Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) except in special license cases where it may be resolved by a DLA hearing.