Validity for travel or entry
6 Validity for travel or entry
For the purposes of these Regulations—
a ticket is valid for the whole of a person's travel in a passenger vehicle if the ticket authorises the whole of that travel; and
a ticket is valid for a person's entry to a compulsory ticket area if the ticket authorises that entry to the compulsory ticket area; and
a ticket is not valid for the whole of a person's travel in a passenger vehicle if any part of that travel is not authorised by the ticket.
Examples to reg. 6 amended by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 6, substituted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 6.
Examples
For the purposes of Division 2 of Part 2, examples of reasonable steps that may be available to make a ticket valid for travel include—
- in the case of a digital myki or a token that is a myki smartcard, if required by the conditions determined under section 220D of the Act, to have recorded on the digital myki or myki smartcard a myki product or myki money of sufficient value to pay for the whole of the travel or entry to a compulsory ticket area and have the whole of the travel recorded on the digital myki or myki smartcard; and
- in the case of a digital token or a token that is a smartcard (other than a digital myki or myki smartcard), if required by the conditions determined under section 220D of the Act, to have the digital token or smartcard scanned by a smartcard and digital token reader and made valid for travel or entry to a compulsory ticket area before commencing travel or, if travelling on a tram or a bus, on commencing travel or entering a compulsory ticket area.
Note to reg. 6 inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 6.
Note
See regulation 7(3) which explains when a person has a ticket in the person's possession.
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