Vibrancy Reforms commenced and removal of certain licence conditions from your licence
A suite of Vibrancy Reforms commenced on 24 November 2025. These reforms build on earlier changes introduced in 2024 and 2023 and have been introduced to support a thriving night‑time economy and the associated music and cultural sectors.
What's changing?
The reforms deliver a range of benefits for licensed venues, including:
- removal of outdated conditions impacting late night business activity
- changes to improve patron and staff safety
- increased operating and trading hour flexibility.
For information on the reforms, including what these changes mean for your business, visit Key changes under the Vibrancy Reforms webpage.
Revocation of certain noise and amenity conditions on liquor licences
Certain liquor licence conditions imposed before 24 November 2022 will cease to have effect and will no longer apply to your licence. The conditions include:
| Type | Example |
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| Conditions that prohibit or restrict live music or other entertainment |
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| Conditions that impose sound limits or acoustic restrictions |
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The revocation applies to conditions imposed by the Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority or L&GNSW. Conditions imposed after this date are not affected by these reforms and will remain in force.
What does this mean for licensees?
Although some conditions have been removed, licensees must still manage noise and amenity responsibly. Licensees must comply with all obligations under the Act, ensuring the operation of the venue does not detract from the amenity of community life.
Licensed venues are expected to take reasonable steps to manage sound levels and work proactively with local residents and businesses to address noise concerns.
Following the removal of these conditions, if noise or amenity issues arise at venues that have had noise conditions automatically removed, L&GNSW may reimpose that condition, or a more suitable one to address unreasonable noise and amenity issues.
For more information please visit the Sound Regulation for Licensed Venues webpage.
While affected conditions may still appear on your liquor licence document, they will not have any lawful effect. L&GNSW will undertake a process to remove these conditions on individual liquor licences throughout 2026. You do not need to apply for them to be removed.
How to find out more
If you have any questions about the reforms and how they impact your venue, contact the Hospitality Concierge at concierge@liquorandgaming.nsw.gov.au