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Commercial Recreation Activity Licence - Victoria

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to provide a Commercial Recreation Activity (CRA) in a public space. Outdoor commercial recreation businesses include, but are not limited to:

  • skydiving
  • kiteboarding
  • dog training
  • sports academies
  • recreation classes facilitating sessions with 15-50 participants and / or heavy infrastructure.

Across the municipality, Council will only issue:

  • 1 skydiving licence, to be located at Moran Reserve Elwood
  • up to 3 kite boarding licences, to be located at West Beach St Kilda.

Service type

Licence

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

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $720.00

Beach or land-based activities annual licence. Fees for 2025-26
Apply Licence All -

Participant fees:

  • per adult - $2.40
  • per child - $1.60.

Fees for 2025-26
Apply Licence All $2578.00

Kite boarding annual licence. Fees for 2025-26
Apply Licence All $212489.00

Skydiving annual licence. Fees for 2025-26

Forms

Additional information

All operators within scope of this policy will require a Tour Operator Licence Agreement which is approved by Council as the land manager, and DEECA as the landowner under the Crown Land Act 2009 (Lease and Licence Terms).

Applications will be assessed through an Expression of Interest (EOI) Process on an annual basis, timings will be provided on the Council Website. Applications will not be considered outside of this timeline.

Administering agency

City of Port Phillip

Contact details

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