New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PASSENGER TRANSPORT REGULATION 2007 - REG 69

69 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"concession ticket" means:

(a) in the case of a travelcard-a travelcard that is intended by the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation to provide for:

(i) free travel on public passenger vehicles, or

(ii) travel on public passenger vehicles at a reduced fare, and

(b) in the case of any other ticket-a ticket issued free or at a reduced fare.

"paid area of a ferry wharf" means all parts of the ferry wharf between the place where ferries dock and the ticket barrier.

Note: A ferry wharf that does not have a ticket barrier will not have a paid area. As at the commencement of this clause, only Manly Wharf and the wharves at Circular Quay have ticket barriers.

"public passenger service" means the carriage of passengers for a fare or other consideration:

(a) by a bus along a road or road related area, or along the whole or part of a transitway route, or

(b) by vessel within any New South Wales waterway.

"public passenger vehicle" means:

(a) a bus used to provide a public passenger service, or

(b) a ferry used to provide a regular passenger service.

"Public Transport Ticketing Corporation" means the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988 .
"read", in relation to a travelcard and a travelcard reader, means ascertain the cash amount, or travel entitlement, recorded on the travelcard and, in the case of a cash amount so recorded, arrange for a debit or a credit to be made to the cash amount.
"scan", in relation to a travelcard, means hold the travelcard in front of a travelcard reader until such time as the travelcard reader indicates (by means of a display, sound or other signal) that it has read the travelcard.
"ticket" means:

(a) a travelcard, or

(b) any other thing issued by or on behalf of the operator of a public passenger service for the purpose of authorising a person to travel on a public passenger vehicle used to carry on the service concerned.

"ticket barrier" includes a travelcard reader.
"travelcard" -see clause 70.
"travelcard reader" means a machine, installed on a public passenger vehicle or at a place at which passengers may board or leave public passenger vehicles (including a transport interchange), for the purpose of reading a travelcard.
"valid ticket" -see clause 71.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a person is "entitled" to a concession ticket for travel on a public passenger vehicle if the person meets the age, occupation or status criteria for entitlement accepted by the operator of the public passenger service concerned.