Good Friday trading - Victoria

The Easter long weekend commences on Good Friday, 29 March 2013. All liquor licensees should check the conditions on their licence to determine whether Good Friday affects their trading hours.

Trading hours on the eve of Good Friday:

• If your licence does not allow you to trade past midnight, then you must close at your normal time.
• If your licence normally allows you to trade past midnight, but has a condition that excludes trading into the morning of Good Friday, then you must close at midnight.
• If your licence allows you to trade past midnight and does not have a condition excluding trading into the morning of Good Friday, you can close at your normal time.

Unless otherwise stated on your licence, standard trading hours for Good Friday allow you to commence serving liquor from 12 noon.

Gaming venue operators are reminded that gaming machines must not be operated outside the trading hours permitted on their liquor licence.

Source: Victorian Commission for Gambling & Liquor Regulation, 19 March 2013