Limitation on eating and drinking in certain public passenger vehicles and trains
52 Limitation on eating and drinking in certain public passenger vehicles and trains
(Repealed)
A person must not drink any alcohol on any bus, ferry or train or in any public area.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
Subclause (2) does not apply if the alcohol was supplied by, or with the permission of, the operator of the bus or ferry or the rail transport operator of the train concerned.
A passenger must not eat or drink on any bus, ferry or train (or part of a bus, ferry or train) in which eating and drinking is prohibited by signs displayed, by or with the authority of the operator of the bus or ferry or the rail transport operator concerned, in the bus, ferry or train (or part), except with the written permission of the operator or the permission of an authorised officer.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
However, nothing in this clause prohibits a person from drinking water, or from eating or drinking for medical reasons, in or on a public passenger vehicle or train.
In this clause, drink, in relation to alcohol, includes be in possession of an opened container of alcohol.
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