Officials

Yearly Registration

All Technical Officials assigned to games within Victoria are required to hold a current Basketball Victoria Technical Officials (BVTO) Licence.

BVTO Licence 2025

The 2025 Licence is valid from the date of purchase until the 31st of December, 2025.

The BVTO Licence provides the official with the following:

• A Licence to officiate in Basketball Victoria’s affiliated Associations’ competitions where the official receives a reimbursement,
• An opportunity to be invited to participate in Basketball Victoria’s Leagues/Direct Competitions and Courses as a Technical Official,
• Protection through Insurance, Governance Structures, and relevant State-wide policies,
• The opportunity to be accredited and re-accredited within our State,
• Greater resourcing, new systems, association support and a stronger focus on education, training and development initiatives to improve culture and wellbeing for Technical Officials.

Technical Officials Administrators;

It is the responsibility of an Association to accurately maintain their refbook membership list at all times. This includes:​

• Ensure all technical officials from your Association are entered in your Membership list. This is relevant to all referees, referee coaches, scoretable and statisticians that officiate for your Association at any point in time.
• Correctly configure the Member Type and Member Status of each official to reflect the nature of their officiating within your Association.

Please see below a manual to assist Associations in achieve the above.

Associations are responsible for ensuring that all individual officials within their Association meet their requirements to Basketball Victoria as follows:

The official has completed their refbook profile with the following information:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Date of Birth
• Primary Organisation
• Working with Children Check (if 18 years of age or older)

Associations are also responsible for ensuring that all officials have paid their relevant BVTO Licence Fees. Officials are required to pay all applicable outstanding BVTO Licences from previous years to be considered to hold a current Licence.

Admin User Guide

Technical Officials:

All technical officials within Basketball Victoria are responsible for ensuring that they meet the relevant requirements of Basketball Victoria as follows.

The official has completed their refbook profile with the following information:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Date of Birth
• Primary Organisation
• Working with Children Check (if 18 years of age or older)

Additionally, all technical officials must hold a current BVTO Licence. From the 1st December 2025 this will be payable as outlined below. Officials are required to pay all applicable outstanding BVTO Licences from previous years to be considered to hold a current Licence.

Please see below a manual to assist officials in achieving the above.

Technical Official User Guide

To pay for your Basketball Victoria (BV) Technical Officials Licence via refbook, please click the button below.

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