Vehicle Import Services - Fisherman Islands
Application for Declaration of Vehicle Import Services
On 17 July 2009 (revised 15 September 2009), the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) lodged an application under section 77 of the Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997 (the QCA Act) requesting that the Authority recommend that the Ministers declare for access 'the motor vehicle import services provided by the Fisherman Islands cargo terminal' (vehicle import service) operated by Australian Amalgamated Terminals Limited.
Candidate service matter
Under the QCA Act as in force when the Application was made, the Authority is only empowered to make a recommendation to Ministers if the vehicle import service is a 'candidate service', where a candidate service is a service provided by a facility that is either: a public facility (i.e. partly or entirely owned by the State or a government agency) or a private facility that had been declared under regulation to be a 'candidate service'. For further information on this matter here.
Declaration criteria matter
The Authority has received submissions from interested parties regarding whether the motor vehicle import services provided by the Fisherman Islands cargo terminal satisfy the access criteria in s.76 of the QCA Act and whether the Authority should recommend that they be declared. For further information on this matter here.
Submissions
