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Registration of a Private Drinking Water Carter - Greater Shepparton City Council - Victoria

Description

If you intend to operate as a private water carter, your business and each water transport vehicle will need to registered with your local council.

Private drinking water carters deliver water for sale to the public that is intended for:

  • human consumption purposes
  • connected with human consumption (such as preparation of food, making ice for consumption or preserving unpackaged food).

Regardless of how many council districts you operate in, a single registration will apply throughout Victoria.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

Please consult the responsible council for more information regarding eligibility requirements.

Duration

12 months

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Please consult the responsible council for specific information on fees to be submitted with your application.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply All Guide for Water Carting Businesses - DOCX (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Food Act 1984 Victoria

Application process

Apply

This is a single council registration. Regardless of how many council districts you operate in, you only need to register in your principal council. One registration certificate can have multiple premises and multiple vehicles on it. If you operate more than one vehicle, apply to the council where the majority of your vehicles are garaged and include all vehicles in the same registration application.

Lodgement process

Apply

You can lodge your registration application through FoodTrader.

Additional information

You are responsible for ensuring that water sold for human consumption is safe to drink or use in food preparation. You can do this by ensuring that:

  • water is sourced from a potable source
  • only registered water transport vehicles are used
  • water transport vehicles are able to be cleaned and sanitised appropriately.

Administering agency

Greater Shepparton City Council

Contact details

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