Operating a prescribed accommodation business

In Nillumbik, all prescribed accommodation businesses must be registered with Nillumbik Shire Council and follow regulations to help minimise health risks.

Under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 you must register the place of business (premises) where you provide accommodation.

Prescribed accommodation includes:

• residential accommodation
• hotels and motels
• hostels or student dormitories
• farm stays or holiday camps
• rooming houses
• bed and breakfasts accommodating more than five people
• rooming/shared houses accommodating four or more people
• guesthouses and boutique hotels

Exemptions from registering

You do not require registration if your business operates any of the following:

• a house under the exclusive occupation of the occupier
• a self-contained flat under the exclusive occupation of the occupier
• public hospitals, nursing home or health services establishments (registered)
• retirement villages
• any house, building or structure to which part four (caravan parks and movable dwellings) of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 applies
• premises in which, other than the family of the proprietor, not more than five persons are accommodated, and which is not a rooming house
• temporary crisis accommodation