Registration of Public Health Business Premises - Cardinia Shire Council - VIC - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will need to register your premises with your local council if you intend to conduct a business involving:

beauty therapy
application of cosmetics (that does not involve skin penetration or tattooing)
colonic irrigation
hairdressing
skin penetration (including piercing)
tattooing.

These premises are required to be registered to minimise the risk of clients contracting certain infectious diseases.

Please note, if your business involves beauty therapy, applying cosmetics or hairdressing only, you may conduct a 'mobile' business, but you must register your principal place of business.

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 meet certain infection prevention and control measures for areas such as:

your premises
hand hygiene
equipment cleaning
record keeping.

Use the contact details for information about eligibility requirements.

Duration

1 year. However, if your business only provides hairdressing and / or temporary make-up services (applying cosmetics) at your premises, you can apply for an ongoing or 'once-off' registration.

Fees

Task	Type	Business Structure	Amount	Description
Renew	Renewal	All	-	Health premises renewal: medium risk - $267.00 high risk - $320.90. Fees for 2025-26
Transfer	Transfer	All	$337.40	Fees for 2025-26

Forms

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Transfer	All	Application to Transfer a Health Premises - DOC (Opens in new window)

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
General	All	Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Hair, Beauty, Tattooing and Skin Penetration Industries (Opens in new window)
General	All	Information for Registered Premises and Environmental Health Officers (Opens in new window)
General	All	Registered Premises - Changes to the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 Victoria

Administering agency

Cardinia Shire Council

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Communicable Disease Section

Communicable Disease Section

Department of Health
Victoria
Operating address:	50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 4057 Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Phone:	1300 651 160
Other:	1300 651 170
Email:	infectious.diseases@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Website:	Infectious Diseases (Opens in new window)

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Local Laws Officer

Cardinia Shire Council
Victoria
Mailing address:	20 Siding Avenue Officer, Victoria 3809
Mailing address:	PO BOX 7 Pakenham, Victoria 3810
Phone:	1300 787 624
Fax:	03 5941 3784
Email:	mail@cardinia.vic.gov.au
Website:	Cardinia Shire Council (Opens in new window)

Supporting information

Register a Health or Beauty Business (Opens in new window)

Hair, Beauty, Tattooing and Skin Penetration Industries (Opens in new window)

Registration of Public Health Business Premises - Cardinia Shire Council - Victoria