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Port of Melbourne regulatory resources
The Pricing Order
The Port of Melbourne's prescribed services are regulated by a Pricing Order (amended as at June 2026), which was made under section 49A of the Port Management Act 1995 (Vic).
The Pricing Order sets out the requirements for the Port of Melbourne when setting prices for prescribed services, including:
- how to calculate prices
- the extent prices can change between years
- when the Port of Melbourne needs to apply to us for variations.
The pricing order provides the Port of Melbourne a reasonable opportunity to recover the efficient costs of providing prescribed services such as wharfage, channel use, berth or area hire and other ancillary services.
Each year the Port of Melbourne must submit a tariff compliance statement to us, which explains how its prices for prescribed services comply with the Pricing Order. Every five years we are required to assess whether there has been any significant or sustained non-compliance with the Pricing Order.
Amendments were made to the original Pricing Order, which was gazetted in June 2016, in May 2020 and June 2026.
Statement of Regulatory Approach
Our Statement of Regulatory Approach is guidance to the Port of Melbourne and port users about how we approach administering the Pricing Order.
We are currently consulting on proposed changes to the statement following recent pricing order amendments. Please visit Engage Victoria for more information.
The Statement of Regulatory Approach describes:
- the relevant pricing compliance framework
- our proposed approach to administering key Pricing Order processes
- the 'accrual building block' method for setting allowed revenues.
Our regulatory role involves conducting five-yearly reviews of the Port of Melbourne's compliance with pricing regulations. The Statement of Regulatory Approach foreshadows how we will do this.
View more on our role in administering the Port of Melbourne pricing order.
25 June 2026
Legislation that regulates how the Port of Melbourne sets its prices for prescribed services.
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