New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PASSENGER TRANSPORT REGULATION 2007 - REG 70

70 Meaning of “travelcard”

(1) A "travelcard" means a card, issued by or on behalf of the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation:

(a) on which cash, or an entitlement to travel on public passenger vehicles, may be recorded electronically, and

(b) which may be scanned at, and read electronically by, a travelcard reader for the purpose of enabling the person to whom the travelcard is issued to pay for, or exercise an entitlement to, travel on public passenger vehicles (regardless of whether the travelcard may also be used to pay for, or exercise a right to, travel on other public transport systems).

(2) Without limiting the way in which an entitlement to travel on a public passenger vehicle may be recorded on a travelcard, the entitlement may be limited by reference to any one or more (or any combination) of the following:

(a) the kinds of public passenger vehicles on which the entitlement may be exercised,

(b) the geographical boundaries within which it may be exercised,

(c) the times or periods within which it may be exercised.