Designated areas are determined by Liquor Control Victoria (LCV) in consultation with the Chief Commissioner of Police. This is done after reviewing the level of alcohol-related violence and disorder around licensed premises in certain areas.
LCV can declare an entertainment precinct where alcohol-related violence and antisocial behaviour have occurred, to be a 'designated area'.
Victoria Police have the power to ban people from licensed premises and designated areas for up to 72 hours for physical assault, destroying or damaging property and failure to leave licensed premises.
Police also have the power to seek a court order to ban repeat offenders from designated entertainment precincts for up to 12 months.
Details of the declared designated areas within Victoria
- Ballarat Central Business District
- Bendigo
- City of Yarra - 7 August 2008
- City of Yarra - 30 July 2009 - 30 July 2009
- Colac Central Business District
- Dandenong
- Docklands
- Footscray
- Frankston
- Geelong
- Knox City Shopping Centre
- Melbourne and the surrounding suburbs
- Mildura Central Business District
- Mornington Central Business District
- Shepparton
- South Yarra and Prahran
- St Kilda
- Sunshine
- Traralgon
- Warrnambool
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