(1) The Regulator is authorised to make a determination under section 20(1)(a) of the Utilities Commission Act relating to the charges fixed by a private port operator in relation to the provision of prescribed services (a price determination ).
(2) A price determination must be consistent with:
(a) the regulations; and
(b) the access and pricing principles specified in section 133 .
(3) A price determination may require a private port operator to whom it applies to publish at a specified time information of a specified kind relating to specified prices.
(4) A price determination cannot have effect for a period of more than 3 years.
(5) The Regulator must give written notice to the Minister and a private port operator as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the private port operator has fixed, or proposes to fix, a charge that the Regulator considers to be inconsistent with a price determination.