Hotels & Hospitality

The hotel and hos­pi­tal­i­ty indus­try in Aus­tralia is gov­erned by numer­ous Acts and legal frame­works, stay­ing updat­ed with these laws is cru­cial, espe­cial­ly with recent changes like the ​‘lock-out’ laws and liquor licence freeze in parts of Sydney.

Under­stand­ing your legal oblig­a­tions is essen­tial to pro­tect your busi­ness from poten­tial legal issues. If you’re enter­ing the hos­pi­tal­i­ty indus­try, buy­ing, or rede­vel­op­ing a hotel, seek­ing the right legal advice can help you cost effec­tive­ly man­age all your com­pli­ance and trans­ac­tion­al obligations.

We spe­cialis­es in hos­pi­tal­i­ty leg­is­la­tion and reg­u­la­tions. Our team is well-versed in the issues affect­ing the indus­try and can pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive legal advice. 

Our ser­vice offer­ing includes:

• Liquor Licens­ing
• Buy­ing Busi­ness­es with Exist­ing Liquor Licenses
• Gam­ing Laws
• Employ­ment, Work­place Health and Safe­ty, and Anti-Dis­crim­i­na­tion Laws
• Con­tract Draft­ing and Review
• Advice on Hos­pi­tal­i­ty Indus­try Award and Wage Rates
• Food Safe­ty Stan­dards Compliance
• Hotel Lia­bil­i­ty Issues
• Com­mer­cial Leases
• Prop­er­ty Transactions
• Noise Restric­tions

Use­ful links:

• Aus­tralian Hotels Association
• Liquor Act 2007
• Liquor Reg­u­la­tion 2008
• Innkeep­ers Act 1968
• Food Act 2003
• Food Reg­u­la­tion 2015
• Gam­ing Machine Act 2001

No mat­ter how rou­tine or com­plex the busi­ness issues you face, Mer­i­tas’ net­work of law firms is with you every step of the way. Mar­ket-lead­ing firms offer a full range of legal ser­vices, which enable you to do busi­ness any­where. Wise coun­sel and prac­ti­cal solu­tions are just a phone call or e‑mail away. Dis­cov­er the breadth and depth of the prac­tice and indus­try sec­tor capa­bil­i­ties avail­able to you through Meritas.

• Mer­i­tas Prac­tice + Indus­try Sectors