Permit Conditions

• Busking may only occur once a valid permit has been issued
• The applicant must pay the permit application fee and supply valid copies of the required documentation with their application
• The applicant must have $10 million of public liability insurance. A valid Certificate of Currency must be supplied with the application
• The permit is not transferrable:
  • Permits are not to be photocopied and the copies used by someone not named on the permit
  • Permits are not to be leased, sold or given away
  • No form of advertising of a permit for rent, lease, sale profit or other beneficial or fraudulent consideration of causing such an advertisement to be published is permitted
• The permit must be produced for an authorised Council Officer on request
• The permit is only valid at the nominated site location stated on the permit - the line-marked rectangles in Box Hill Mall or Britannia Mall
• The permit is only valid for the time period stated on the permit
• No sound amplification equipment may be used when busking on Council land
• Council will NOT allow, without a valid Council permit, the installation of permanent structures, including electrical lighting and sound systems on Council land
• Separate permits are required for A-frame display boards, planter boxes, goods on display, tables, chairs, umbrellas and barriers or any other material
• The permit holder is not to advertise or associate the busking activity with advertising in any performance nor sell or offer or expose for sale any article or commodity
• Any drawings, sketches or other artwork made on any footpath must be easily erasable, in a non-permanent medium such as chalk, charcoal or pastel which cannot be detrimental to the environment
• The permit holder must set up in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) principles and relevant codes and standards to provide unobstructed access to others using the area
• At the conclusion of the permit period a new application form must be submitted
• The permit holder will comply with all directions by an authorised Council Officers or a member of Victoria Police, including a direction that busking cease or that the location of the busking be moved to lessen congestion or inconvenience to other persons
• The permit may be suspended by a member of Victoria Police or by an authorised Council Officer for any reason at any time. No permit fee will be refunded
• Any other condition which the Council considers to be appropriate.

Permit Condition Breaches

The City of Whitehorse Community Local Law ( PDF 280.06KB) provides for penalties for any breaches detected by authorised Council Officers. If the permit holder breaches the permit conditions:

• The permit may be cancelled
• Fines may be issued
• Costs incurred by Council may be charged directly to the permit holder
• Goods or equipment may be impounded
• Future permit applications may be declined