Section 80 of The Indian Ports Act, 2025: Power of Council to issue guidelines.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business and ensure the optimum utilisation of India's coastline; establish and empower State Maritime Boards for effective management of ports other than major ports; establish the Maritime State Development Council for fostering structured growth and development of the port sector; provide for the management of pollution, disaster, emergencies, security, safety, navigation, and data at ports; ensure compliance with India's obligations under international instruments to which it is a party; take measures for the conservation of ports; provide for adjudicatory mechanisms for the redressal of port-related disputes; and address matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such guidelines may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the data or information to be collected and manner of collection, storage, updation and submission of such data or information to the Council under item (A) of sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 6;
(b) the manner of dissemination of information, records, data and research studies relating to ports, under item (B) of sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 6;
(c) the matters in relation to the transparency of port tariff and its components under sub-section (4) of section 47;
(d) such other matters as it may deem fit.