Application for certification of the South Australian ports access regime (Application)

On 15 October 2010 the Council received an application from the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Mike Rann MP, under s44M of the Trade Practices Act (TPA) for the certification of the South Australian ports access regime established under the Maritime Services (Access) Act 2000 (SA). A copy of the application and legislation is available below.

The Council now invites written submissions on the application from interested parties. The closing date for submissions is 5pm on Monday 22 November 2010.

Parties making a submission should refer to the Council's Guide to making a submission on certification applications and Guide to Certification which are available below. Submissions should be emailed in soft copy (both MS Word and PDF) to the Council at saports@ncc.gov.au with a hard copy sent to:

SA Ports Submissions
National Competition Council
GPO Box 250
Melbourne VIC 3001

The Council will then consider the submissions, prepare a draft recommendation, provide a further opportunity for public comment on the draft recommendation and provide its final recommendation to the Commonwealth Minister who will decide whether or not to certify the regime as effective.

If you would like to be kept informed of developments with the application, please download and complete the Registration of interest form below and email it to saports@ncc.gov.au or fax it to (03) 9285 7477.