New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PASSENGER TRANSPORT REGULATION 2007 - REG 76

76 Tickets to be processed

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse:

(a) board a bus, or

(b) if the person’s ticket is a travelcard-leave a bus, or

(c) enter (otherwise than by getting off a ferry) or leave the paid area of a ferry wharf used for the purposes of, or in connection with, a regular ferry service, or

(d) if there is no paid area of the ferry wharf-board or leave a ferry,

without processing the person’s ticket in accordance with this clause.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of this clause, a person processes a ticket:

(a) in the case of a travelcard-by scanning it at an appropriate travelcard reader, and

(b) in the case of a ticket other than a travelcard:

(i) by putting it into automatic equipment provided to read or record any details on the ticket, or

(ii) by showing the ticket to an authorised officer on request, or

(iii) if the person is boarding a bus and the person does not hold a ticket-by buying the appropriate ticket from the driver of the bus.

(3) A person who holds a ticket other than a travelcard must not process the ticket in the manner specified in subclause (2) (b) (ii) unless:

(a) the person’s ticket is not designed for insertion in automatic equipment, or

(b) the bus, ferry or ferry wharf concerned is not supplied with automatic equipment, or

(c) the person has a reasonable excuse for not using the automatic equipment.

(4) The operator of a bus that is being used to provide a regular bus service must ensure that the driver of the bus is provided with facilities that enable the driver to sell tickets for journeys on the bus, unless the bus:

(a) is clearly designated as a bus on which only pre-paid tickets may be used, or

(b) is used to provide a free service.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(5) The driver of a bus that is being used to provide a regular bus service must (unless the driver has a reasonable excuse for not doing so) ensure that tickets for journeys on the bus are processed in accordance with this clause.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.