Passenger Transport Services Regulations 2023

A person must only use a passenger transport service if – the person has paid any required fare for the service or holds a ticket that entitles the person to travel on the service at that time and for the journey that the person is making; or the person is a person, or is a member of a class of persons, approved by the Commission, who is not required to pay a fare to use the service at that time and for the journey that the person is making; or the person has been given permission by the operator of the service not to pay a fare to use the service at that time and for the journey that the person is making; or the person is an authorised officer or a police officer exercising a power under the Act, these regulations or any other Act or regulations. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), a person has paid the required fare for a service if the person – has used a contactless payment method to commence payment of the fare on the service at that time; and has yet to complete the person’s journey on the service.

Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who – holds a valid pass, issued or approved by the Commission, entitling the person to travel without paying a fare on the vehicle being used to provide the service at that time and for the journey that the person is making; or is a schoolchild and the service being provided is a school bus service that, under the terms of the contract with the Secretary in relation to the service, does not require passengers to pay fares.

A person using a passenger transport service must, if requested by the driver of a vehicle in relation to the service, provide evidence that the passenger has paid any required fare or holds a ticket or pass that entitles the person to travel on the vehicle. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

A person who seeks to pay a fare at a concession rate must – in relation to – a regular passenger transport service, if requested by the driver of a vehicle in relation to the service, show evidence that the passenger is eligible to travel at the concession rate calculated in accordance with the statewide fare structure; and travel in a taxi, if requested by the driver of the taxi, provide evidence that the passenger is a member of a transport concession scheme administered by the Department, or an equivalent transport scheme of another State or a Territory; and not attempt to provide evidence required under paragraph (a) by means of evidence that another person is eligible to so travel, or is a member of such a scheme. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.