Port Management Act 1995

The port of Melbourne operator must prepare a strategy (a Rail Access Strategy) in accordance with this Part.

The port of Melbourne operator must prepare—

the first Rail Access Strategy within 3 years after the first lease of land comprising port assets is granted to a private sector entity under section 11 of the Delivering Victorian Infrastructure (Port of Melbourne Lease Transaction) Act 2016; and

every other Rail Access Strategy at the same time as it prepares a Port Development Strategy under Part 6B.

The port of Melbourne operator must prepare and submit a Rail Access Strategy to the Minister.

A Rail Access Strategy must set out—

options for rail infrastructure projects for improving rail access for the movement of freight into and out of the port of Melbourne; and

a commercial assessment of each identified option that—

in the case of the first Rail Access Strategy prepared under this Part, includes—

projections of trade through the port of Melbourne; and

current and projected transport infrastructure requirements for land and water in the port of Melbourne; and

in the case of every other Rail Access Strategy prepared under this Part, is consistent with the applicable Port Development Strategy for the port of Melbourne; and

in all cases, includes any other matter specified in the guidelines; and

the implementation timing for each identified option.

One of the options set out in the first Rail Access Strategy must be the development of a port rail shuttle.

Every rail infrastructure project identified as an option set out in a Rail Access Strategy must be capable of being implemented within 5 years after it has been submitted to the Minister in accordance with this section.

If there are guidelines in effect in respect of the form and content of a Rail Access Strategy, and the method and process for preparation of a Rail Access Strategy, the port of Melbourne operator must prepare and submit a Rail Access Strategy to the Minister in accordance with the guidelines.