Please visit Liquor Control Victoria’s website for liquor licensing, compliance, and regulatory information.
We have four main jobs to do. Minimising harm is now embedded in each of our functions, and we are setting clear expectations of the gambling industry that go beyond their licence conditions and legal obligations.
We help applicants understand their obligations and our expectations.
We consult with stakeholders, and use and analyse intelligence, risk, data and other information to make decisions.
We give clear reasons for our decisions.
We work to reduce ‘red tape’.
We help gambling operators meet these obligations and expectations by providing education, guidance and other resources.
We inform the wider community to help people make responsible decisions.
We closely watch the industry, and how able and willing gambling operators are to comply.
We analyse intelligence, data and other information to target our efforts to:
The action we take is proportionate to the risks posed and harm caused by non-compliance.
We support those who do the right thing.
But we actively pursue and have zero tolerance for those who opportunistically or deliberately contravene their obligations and the law.
Our functions and powers are set out in the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation Act 2011.
We also operate under and enforce the:
The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation issues directions, determinations and approvals to establish rules or requirements that we must consider when making decisions.
The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation can direct us to implement key initiatives to enhance the integrity of the sector and minimise harm.
The Commission has approved specific directions and guidelines that commercial licensees, equipment manufacturers, and their associates and nominees need to follow.
