TRANSPORT ECONOMIC REGULATION

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TRANSPORT ECONOMIC REGULATION

• TIPS FORUM 2008

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CONTENTS

• PART 1 CURRENT SITUATION
• PART 2 PROPOSED REGULATORY APPROACH
• PART 3 POLICY AND LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS
• PART 4 END IN MIND

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CURRENT SITUATION

• PART 1

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CURRENT SITUATION

• NO CLEAR INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• UNDEFINED ROLES ON POLICY AND SHAREHOLDER
  RESPONSIBILITIES
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
• DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (TRANSNET)
• ABSENCE OF STATE DRIVEN REGULATION
• OPERATIONAL INEFFICIENCIES
• LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT (RAIL
  MARITIME)
• CLUTTERED REGULATORS (AVIATION)

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PROPOSED REGULATORY APPROACH

• PART 2

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PROPOSED REGULATORY APPROACH

• ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RAIL ECONOMIC REGULATOR
• CONSOLIDATION OF AVIATION ECONOMIC REGULATORS
• REGULATING COMMITTEE (tariffs and service levels)
• AIR SERVICE LICENSING COUNCIL (market entry)
• INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES COUNCIL (market entry)
• ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CROSS BOARDER/ROAD TRANSPORT
  ECONOMIC REGULATOR

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POLICY AND LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS

• PART 3

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POLICY AND LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS

• WHITE PAPER ON NATIONAL TRANSPORT POLICY 1996
• NATIONAL FREIGHT LOGISTICS STRATEGY
• ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RAIL ECONOMIC REGULATOR
• NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT BILL
• CROSS BOARDER ROAD TRANSPORT ECONOMIC REGULATOR

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END IN MIND

• PART 4

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END IN MIND

• CONSOLIDATION OF TRANSPORT SECTOR(AVIATION,
  MARITIME, CROSS BOARDER/ROAD AND RAIL) ECONOMIC
  REGULATORS INTO ONE REGULATOR AND ULTIMATELY
  ESTABLISH THE SINGLE TRANSPORT REGULATOR

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END IN MIND
Economic Regulator
Safety Regulator
AM
RAIL
END IN MIND Single Transport Regulator
CBRT
Environment Regulator
Security Regulator