Scenario Research and identify legal requirements for compliance

John Walker has purchased an existing restaurant venue in Melbourne CBD and wish to start a new restaurant.

The address of the venue is 24/480 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000.

The new restaurant will be registered as a new propriety limited company, called Innovative Hospitality Pty. Ltd. and will trade as Pesto's Restaurant.

The details of the planned operations for Pesto's are as follows:

It will seat 100 guests It will serve Italian style food, table serviced to the customer It will have to apply for liquor licensing for beer, wine and spirits at the bar and no BYO allowed. The restaurant will be playing background music using CDs or iPod.

Once completed, Pesto's Restaurant in Melbourne CBD will operate 7 days a week, providing breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as catering for functions. The trading hours will be between 10 am and 12 am, 7 days per week.

The business plan, the owners have prepared has an HR plan, which states that the operation will employ approximately 12-15 full time and 10 casual wait staff during the first year. 1-2 apprentice chefs may also be considered.

Pesto's HR manager will manage the restaurant's payroll. The annual turnover is expected to be around $ 3 million per annum.

You have been appointed as the General Manager of Pesto's Restaurant.

John, the owner of Pesto's, has asked you to research information required for legal compliance of the restaurant.

Task

Your task is to research information to determine scope of compliance for a licensed business for items 1-3 in the tasks below:

Task 1: Identify sources of information for compliance with laws and licensing for the business operations

• Read the case study scenario and information of Pesto's Restaurant, and
• Identify the sources of information you will require for the task
• Make a list of sources, with details such as websites, names of departments/ professionals/industry agencies/journals, etc.