Every liquor licence in NSW is subject to licence conditions. Some conditions are imposed automatically by the NSW liquor laws and others can be imposed by L&GNSW or the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority Board (ILGA).
Conditions may be added to your licence either when it is granted or after a serious complaint or incident involving your venue.
Note these statutory conditions have been updated to reflect changes made in the Liquor Regulation 2018.
The following documents set out conditions which apply to liquor licences automatically:
The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority and/or its delegates may impose conditions on a liquor licence.
The forms below contain a list of licence conditions that the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority has determined may be appropriate conditions for each liquor licence type listed below, subject to any alternative conditions that may be imposed specific to a venue’s location, business model and/or following consideration of submissions from the applicant or other stakeholders.
It is recommended you use the form and discuss the conditions with NSW Police prior to lodging your application.
Lodging this form with your liquor licence application will reduce the processing time.
The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has approved a suite of licence conditions that may be appropriate to impose on packaged liquor, hotel and club licences, depending on the circumstances of the licensee and the licensed premises. The list of approved conditions is available here PDF, 410.88 KB.
Special precincts
All venues in the Kings Cross precinct or Sydney CBD Entertainment precinct have special licence conditions to help reduce alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in those areas.
Specific venues
You can use the Service NSW licensing register to check the conditions imposed on a specific licence.
To search this public register, you need to know at least one of the following:
Extended trading hours may be approved for hotels and eligible registered clubs to coincide with significant special events.
Extended trading for special events is subject to conditions:
Hotels and clubs that are already approved to trade during the above extended hours are not affected by these special arrangements.
Licensees must ensure that staff have access to and are aware of the liquor licence and any related authorisations or conditions at all times.
