Registration of Prescribed Accommodation - Darebin City Council - Victoria

Description

You will require this registration if you intend to operate any of the following types of accommodation business:

  • bed and breakfasts
  • rooming house
  • hotels and motels
  • guesthouses
  • boutique hotels
  • rooming houses
  • self-contained accommodation
  • farmstays or holiday camps
  • hostel or student dormitory.

You do not require this registration if you operate any of the following:

  • caravan park
  • house and granny flat
  • public hospital or nursing home
  • retirement village
  • temporary crisis accommodation.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this registration you must:

 

  • Choose the local council where your business is located and make an application in the approved form;
  • Include with your application all the required documentation and information for valid assessment, including a plan of the premises, drawn to a scale of not less than 1:100, and showing the proposed use of each room; and
  • Pay the prescribed fee.

You may be eligible for dual registration if your business covers two or more registrations on the a premises. Examples for dual registration are Hotels with accommodation, Motels with food preparations, etc.

 

Planning approval to conduct the business may also be necessary in some circumstances.

Ongoing eligibility requirements

You will need to comply with any additional conditions set by the Council.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

Prescribed accommodation fees range between $422.00 and $1500.00, please consult the responsible council for information on the correct fees to be submitted with your application. Fees for 2023-24

Apply Transfer All $250.00

Fees for 2023-24

Forms

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
General All Rooming House - Minimum Standards (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Regulations 2020 Victoria

Administering agency

Darebin City Council

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.