Ejecting people from Authority property: section 65 of the Act
43 Ejecting people from Authority property: section 65 of the Act
For the purposes of section 65(1) of the Act, the circumstances in which a person who is in or on Authority property may be directed to leave that property are —
the person is sitting in a seat other than the seat allocated to the person by a driver or master, or by the Authority by means of a ticket and having been asked by an authorised person to vacate the seat does not do so immediately; or
the person is interfering without lawful authority with a sign or equipment on Authority property or with the mechanism of or a device on a conveyance and, having been asked by an authorised person to stop that interference, fails to do so immediately; or
the person is without lawful authority travelling in or on any part of a conveyance not intended for the conveyance of passengers and, having been asked by an authorised person to stop so travelling, fails to do so immediately; or
the person is —
projecting or leaning any portion of the person’s body; or
projecting an object,
out of a conveyance and, having been asked by an authorised person to stop doing so, fails to do so immediately; or
the person is, except in an emergency, entering or leaving a conveyance other than through a door intended for the use of passengers and having been asked by an authorised person to stop doing so fails to do so immediately; or
the person has been given a reasonable direction or a direction by a driver, master or authorised person to move away from an area that is not intended for the use of passengers and the person does not obey that direction; or
the person has been given a direction under regulation 33C(3), 33C(4), 33D(1) or 33D(2) and the person does not obey that direction; or
the person has been advised under regulation 41 that the person must not travel on or remain on a conveyance; or
the person is in or on Authority property, without reasonable excuse, in contravention of a prohibition order given to the person under section 64A(5) of the Act; or
the person has breached a provision of the Government Railways Act 1904, the Public Transport Authority Act 2003, or a regulation or by‑law made under either of those Acts and the conduct constituting the breach involves danger or annoyance to a person on Authority property or using a conveyance; or
an authorised person, a security officer or a member of the Police Force —
witnesses the person committing an offence referred to in section 58(2) of the Act in, on, in respect of or in relation to Authority property; or
reasonably suspects that the person has committed an offence referred to in that subsection in, on, in respect of or in relation to Authority property.
[Regulation 43 amended: Gazette 11 Feb 2005 p. 699; 29 Feb 2008 p. 699; 27 Mar 2009 p. 932; 6 Jul 2018 p. 2550; SL 2020/183 r. 13; SL 2023/75 r. 14.]
[43A, 43B. Deleted: Gazette 27 Mar 2009 p. 932.]
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