Register an accommodation business
About this registration
If you want to set up an accommodation business in Cardinia Shire, you are required to register the business with us in accordance with the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008.
Businesses that must be registered include:
- hotel/motel
- bed and breakfast
- residential accommodation
- caravan park
- hostel
- rooming house
- student dormitory
- holiday camp
If your business will also be serving food and/or drinks to the public, you will also need to register a food business.
Fees
2022-23 (financial year) fees
- The registration period is from initial registration to 31 December of that year
- All registration fees includde a non-refundable establishment fee
- The establishment fee is 50% of the applicable registration fee.
- Annual renewal fees apply for all registrations
The fee amount due depends on the time of year you register your business:
- January - March: Annual registration fee plus establishment fee
- April – June: 75% of annual registration fee plus establishment fee
- July – September: 50% of annual registration fee plus establishment fee
- October – December: 25% of annual registration fee plus establishment fee
| Type of accommodation | Fee |
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| Accommodation premise (hotel/motel/bed and breakfast) |
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| Prescribed accommodation for 4–10 persons (rooming/boarding houses) |
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| Prescribed accommodation, 11–20 persons |
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| Prescribed accommodation, 21–30 persons |
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| Prescribed accommodation, more than 30 persons |
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