Licensing & Regulation

Various licences and regulations apply to start up and established businesses. The following organisations provide information about licences and regulations specific to your business. Please visit each of these sites to ensure you are meeting all requirements.

Business Licensing Information Service (BLIS)

(BLIS) is a free service that provides details of all licences required to operate your business in South Australia, including Commonwealth and local government requirements. BLIS will help you identify which licences and permits you require for your business, or any other activities related to your business. BLIS also provides information of recent changes to licence requirements.
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Codes of Practice

This site provides information about codes of practice, standards, design rules etc that may be required to operate your business. The database only provides information on codes that are referenced by legislation.

Codes of Practice from the South Australian, Tasmanian and Northern Territory State Governments are currently available.
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Employment Wages and Conditions

Workers are entitled to receive their minimum entitlements. Most pay rates and working conditions are set down in State and Federal industrial awards. Some workplaces also have a formal agreement, which sets down specific conditions for that workplaces and which may replace some award conditions.

There are laws that provide certain rights such as annual leave, workers compensation, and long service leave.

This site provides information on South Australian Awards and rates of pay, wages and conditions, long service leave and other entitlements.
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Bizgate

Bizgate is the South Australian Government's major payment gateway, providing services to South Australian State and local government organisations.

Bizgate's suite of web based business solutions is tailored to suit South Australian Government agencies (State and Local) that wish to offer their services online to the business community and general public, or realise efficiencies by improving business processes.
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Legislation - Acts of Parliament

Visit these sites for all Acts and Regulations of the Government of South Australia, as well as more than 1500 Acts and 1000 Statutory Rules of the Commonwealth of Australia.

South Australian Legislation

Commonwealth Legislation

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