REGARDLESS of their age, pub and club-goers in Gladstone's Safe Night Out precinct will need to have their ID handy if they want to have a beer or wine past 10pm.

New laws, which one business owner has described as an unnecessary cost to business, will come into effect this Saturday.

The laws mean patrons entering a pub or club in Gladstone after 10pm will have their ID recorded, regardless of whether they're 20 or 50 years old.

The change means the Queens Hotel and Central Lane Hotel will now by law need to use the ID scanners that are already used by Industrie and MIePLACE nightclub.

Central Late Hotel owner Rick Adams has purchased two ID scanners.

He has one for his downstairs bar, and another for The Boardroom upstairs.

"It's an additional cost to business... when times are already tough in Gladstone," he said.

"One size doesn't fit all and it'd be nice if there was more liaising before the rules were brought in.

The initial costs include running two machines every day and hiring security to check IDs.

The information from the ID scanners is shared with other licensed venues so if a person is banned from one club for anti-social behaviour, they can be banned from every licensed venue in the state within minutes.

The initiative was implemented after the State Government backed down on proposed lock-out laws that were due to come into effect on July 1.

The dumped laws would have required clubs and pubs that were open until 3am to lock out patrons from entering any premises at 1am.

Gladstone's Safe Night Out Precinct stretches from Bramston St to Lord St and includes the streets between Oaka Ln and Glenlyon St.

Lightbox Espresso and Winebar, the Grand Hotel and the Yacht Club are all exempt from the new rule because they only trade until midnight.

Licenced venues impacted by the changes:

Queens Hotel

Central Lane Hotel

MIePlace

Industrie