Special retail shop application for certificate

Last updated: 08 July 2026

If you want to trade as a special retail shop you must apply for a certificate. Qualified applications will be processed promptly and free of charge.

Lodging an application

An application can be completed and submitted

or downloaded and lodged by:

  • email: retailtradinghours@lgirs.wa.gov.au.
  • post:
    Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety
    Retail Trading Hours team
    Locked Bag 14
    CLOISTERS SQUARE PERTH WA 6850

Further information

Further details can be found on our small and special retail shop page and retail trading hours page.


Privacy collection notice

Consumer Protection is a division of the Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety (LGIRS), and collects your personal information to:

  • Process your application for a special retail shop certificate; and
  • Maintain records of applications, for accountability and reporting purposes.

We may provide this information to:

  • Internal staff to enable the processing and administration of your application.

We will not disclose personal information about you to anybody else, unless you have given consent, or we are authorised or required to do so by law. 

Providing the requested information forms part of an application for a special retail shop certificate as required by section 11 of the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 and associated Regulations. If you choose not to provide it, we will be unable to process your application or issue a certificate.

Please see LGIRS Privacy Policy on our website for more information about how we handle your personal information, how you can request access to, or correction of, the personal information we hold about you, and who to contact if you have a privacy enquiry or complaint.