How Whites Legal can help
- Conditions of existing liquor licences
- Infringement notices
- Liquor licensing offences
- Breach of conditions
- Advising on enforcement proceedings
- VCAT enforcement proceedings
VCGLR ammunition
Enforcement action tools available to the VCGLR compliance inspectors. The inspectors can use one or more of these for any given breach.
| Infringement notices | Breach or infringement of the conditions on a liquor licence. Used instead of a court appearance. |
| Written warnings | Breach or infringement of the conditions on a liquor licence.
Letter telling the licensee to fall back within the conditions. Not officially part of the Act. But they may be used against you at any proceedings. |
| Disciplinary action | Issues of non-compliance that require suspension or the disqualification of a licence is usually of a serious nature.
Disciplinary action is focussed on altering the behaviour for the protection of the public through a more tailored response specific to the licensee. |
| Enforceable undertakings | A legal agreement to comply with certain conditions agreed to with the VCGLR.
Avoids court or tribunal proceedings. List of current enforceable undertakings – for those that want to see what kind of conditions get used. |
| Risk management discussion | There to manage potential risks. Not used for actual breaches or infringements.
Often used in conjunction with other VCGLR ammunition (e.g. an infringement notice or warning notice). May include a verbal warning. |
| Criminal prosecution | Investigations take place when a serious or deliberate infringement of licence conditions occurs.
Blatant disregard for the law concerning alcohol in Victoria. |