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These regulations may be cited as the Public Transport Authority Regulations 2003.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Public Transport Authority Regulations 2003.
These regulations come into operation on the later of the day on which the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 comes into operation and the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette.
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
Act means the Public Transport Authority Act 2003;
conveyance means a road bus, ferry or railway train involved in the provision of a public passenger transport service by the Authority;
designated means designated by a sign placed by the Authority;
driver means the driver of a road bus or railway train involved in the provision of a public passenger transport service by the Authority;
electronic ticket means —
a payment application; or
a payment device;
facility means a place associated with the provision of a public passenger transport service provided by the Authority;
journey means a journey on a public passenger transport service provided by the Authority;
master means the master of a ferry involved in the provision of a public passenger transport service by the Authority;
paper ticket means a voucher, receipt or other document issued by or on behalf of the Authority, that evidences a person’s authorisation to make a journey;
payment application means a software application issued or approved by the Authority that —
receives, stores, processes or transfers data; and
runs on a physical device that can be read by the Authority’s reading apparatus so as to establish whether a person is authorised to make a journey;
payment device means a physical device issued or approved by the Authority that —
receives, stores, processes or transfers data; and
can be read by the Authority’s reading apparatus so as to establish whether a person is authorised to make a journey;
sign includes a marking on the ground or other surface;
ticket means —
a paper ticket; or
an electronic ticket.
[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 5 Nov 2013 p. 4950; SL 2020/183 r. 4; SL 2023/75 r. 4.]
The offences in these regulations that are followed by a penalty expressed as a “modified penalty” are offences that are prescribed offences for the purposes of section 44 of the Act, and the modified penalty following or applicable to the offence is the modified penalty prescribed for the purposes of section 45(1)(b) of the Act in respect of that offence.
A person using an electronic ticket must, before or at the start of a journey, obtain confirmation from the Authority’s reading apparatus of authorisation to make the journey.
The Authority may issue or approve a ticket subject to other conditions as to its use, including conditions as to —
the journeys in connection with which the ticket may be used; and
the places, times and circumstances in which the ticket may be used; and
the manner in which the ticket may be used; and
the person or class of persons who may use the ticket.
[Regulation 4A inserted: SL 2020/183 r. 5; amended: SL 2023/75 r. 5.]
A paper ticket is valid for a journey if it evidences authorisation to make that journey, unless —
it is torn; or
it is to be validated by a machine before the commencement of the journey and it has not been so validated; or
it is in such a condition that the printing or writing on it is not readily legible; or
the printing on it has been altered, added to, erased or obliterated; or
the period of duration of the ticket expired before the start of the journey; or
it is not being used in accordance with any condition on which it was issued; or
it is used or purported to be used on the journey beyond the point for which the fare has been paid; or
a current certificate or concession card is required to be held by a person as a condition of the use of the ticket on the journey and that certificate or concession card is not presented on demand to a driver, master or authorised person.
An electronic ticket is valid for a journey unless —
the person using the ticket does not comply with regulation 4A(1); or
the ticket is not being used in accordance with any other condition on which it was issued or approved; or
a current certificate or concession card is required to be held by a person as a condition of the use of the ticket on the journey and that certificate or concession card is not presented on demand to a driver, master or authorised person.
[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2020/183 r. 5; amended: SL 2023/75 r. 6.]
A person who —
starts or makes a journey; or
leaves or ends a journey,
and who does not produce a ticket that is valid for the journey to a driver, master or authorised person on demand made at the start or end of the journey or at any time during the journey commits an offence.
Modified penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $100.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.
[(1A) deleted]
Subregulation (1) does not apply to —
a person authorised in writing by an authorised person to travel without paying a fare on a public passenger transport service specified in the authorisation; or
a person travelling on a public passenger transport service provided by the Authority for which no fare has been fixed or within an area for which no fare is required to be paid.
[Regulation 6 amended: Gazette 24 Jul 2009 p. 2953; 5 Nov 2013 p. 4954; 6 Jul 2018 p. 2549; SL 2020/183 r. 6; SL 2023/75 r. 7.]
In this regulation —
appropriate ticket, in relation to a closed area, means a ticket that is valid for a journey starting or ending at the railway station in which the closed area is located;
closed area, in relation to a railway station, means an area in the station, entry to or exit from which —
is controlled by gates, barriers or other means; and
ordinarily requires the presentation of an appropriate ticket.
A person who does not produce an appropriate ticket to a driver or authorised person on demand made when the person enters or exits the closed area of a railway station or at any time while the person is within the closed area commits an offence.
Modified penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $100.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.
[(3) deleted]
Subregulation (2) does not apply to a person permitted by an authorised person to enter the closed area of a railway station while not in possession of an appropriate ticket.
[Regulation 6A inserted: SL 2020/183 r. 7; amended: SL 2023/75 r. 8.]
A person who —
interferes without lawful authority with a sign or equipment in or on Authority property; or
interferes without lawful authority with the mechanism of or a device in or on a conveyance,
commits an offence.
Modified penalty: a fine of $200.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 5 Nov 2013 p. 4954.]
A person who without lawful authority travels on any part of a conveyance not intended for the conveyance of passengers commits an offence.
Modified penalty: a fine of $200.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette 5 Nov 2013 p. 4954.]
A person who, except in an emergency, enters or leaves a conveyance other than through a door intended for the use of passengers commits an offence.
Modified penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $200.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
Subregulation (1) does not apply to a driver, master, authorised person, or a security officer acting in the proper exercise of their duties.
[Regulation 9 amended: Gazette 5 Nov 2013 p. 4954; SL 2023/75 r. 13 and 14.]
A person who stands in an area of a conveyance designated to be an area in which a person must not stand while the conveyance is moving commits an offence.
Modified penalty: a fine of $100.
Penalty: a fine of $500.
[Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 24 Jul 2009 p. 2953; 5 Nov 2013 p. 4950 and 4954.]
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