The Commission is conducting a review of the Ports Access Regime, which provides a framework for the negotiation of access to particular port services, known as “Regulated Services”, and provides for conciliation and arbitration to occur where access disputes arise.
The Ports Access Regime was designed to run initially for three years - a triennial cycle. The first triennial cycle began on 31 October 2001 and ended on 30 October 2004. Section 43 of the MSA Act requires the Commission to review the Ports Access Regime and to make recommendations to the South Australian Government on whether or not it should continue for a further three years from 31 October 2004.
The Commission has commenced the Review with the release of a Discussion Paper to discuss some of the key issues identified by the Commission. Interested parties are encouraged to consider the issues raised and to provide their views in written submissions by 4 February 2004.
The Commission has received 7 submissions in response to its Discussion Paper.
The Commission has concluded its Review on the Ports Access Regime. Having considered the submissions from interested parties, the Commission recommends that the Ports Access Regime should continue for a further three years. The effect of this recommendation would be to allow the Ports Access Regime to continue in operation from 1 November 2004 up to and including 31 October 2007. However, continuation requires that the South Australian Government make a regulation extending its operation accordingly. The Commission has also identified some ancillary adjustments that the government may wish to make to the regime.
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