Registration of Prescribed Accommodation - Colac Otway Shire - Victoria

Description

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

  • Bed and breakfast accommodating more than five people;
  • Hotels and motels;
  • Guesthouses and boutique hotels;
  • Self-contained accommodation;
  • Farmstays or holiday camps; or
  • Hostel or student dormitory.

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

  • Caravan park;
  • Public hospital or nursing home;
  • Retirement village; or
  • Premises where five or less people can be accommodated.

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:

  • apply to the local council in which the accommodation is located
  • include all the required documentation and information
  • submit a 1:100 scale plan of the premises, showing the proposed use of each room
  • pay the prescribed fee.

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

Ongoing eligibility requirements

Additional licences, registrations or permits may be required depending on the nature of activities conducted in your business (for example, registration of food premises, planning permit, liquor licence).

Renewal applications must be lodged with the council on or before 15 November in each year. Registration may be transferred to another person or premises.

Significant ongoing requirements relating to the conditions and upkeep of the accommodation will apply. It is an offence not to register prescribed accommodation or to deny free access by an authorised officer to the premises.

New registrations must obtain town planning approval before any works are commenced and if more than five people are accommodated.

Applications for registration or renewal are to be directed to the health department of council.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Fees for premises for 6 - 10 persons:

  • renewal or new premises - $366.00
  • transfer of registration - $183.00.

Fees for 2023-24

Apply Application All

Fees for premises of 11 - 20 persons:

  • renewal or new premises - $474.00
  • transfer of registration - $237.00.

Fees for 2023-24

Apply Application All

Fees for premises for 20+ people:

  • renewal or new premises - $581.00
  • transfer of registration - $290.00.

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

Colac Otway Shire

Contact details

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