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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
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#### 69 Definitions
69 Definitions
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> approved payment device means a smartcard that is a credit or debit card, or other payment device, of a class approved by TfNSW, by notice published in the Gazette, for the payment of fares by scanning at a smartcard reader.
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> concession ticket means a ticket intended to provide free travel, or travel at a reduced fare, on a public passenger vehicle or train.
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> paid area of a ferry wharf means all parts of a ferry wharf (being a wharf for which ticket barriers or smartcard readers are installed) that are located between the place where ferries dock and the ticket barriers or smartcard readers.
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> public passenger service means the carriage of passengers for a fare or other consideration—
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> > (a) by a bus along a road or road related area, or along the whole or part of a transitway route, or
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> > (b) by vessel within any New South Wales waterway.
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> public passenger vehicle means—
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> > (a) a bus used to provide a regular passenger service, or
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> > (b) a ferry used to provide a regular passenger service.
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> read means—
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> > (a) in relation to a smartcard (other than an approved payment device)—ascertain the amount, or travel entitlement, recorded on the smartcard and includes add an amount to or deduct an amount from any amount so recorded, and
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> > (b) in relation to an approved payment device—obtain information from the device for the purpose of processing the payment of a fare or ascertaining whether the device is valid for travel in accordance with clause 77D.
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> restricted area of a station means—
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> > (a) if the station has no ticket barriers or smartcards readers—the platform, or
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> > (b) if the station has ticket barriers or smartcard readers—the platform and all other parts of the station between the platform and the ticket barriers or smartcard readers.
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> scan, in relation to a smartcard, means hold the smartcard in front of a smartcard reader until such time as the smartcard reader indicates (by means of a display, sound or other signal) that it has read the smartcard.
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> Note.
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> Scanning a smartcard is also commonly referred to as tapping on or tapping off.
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> station means any station on railway premises, and includes any place designated for the picking up and setting down of passengers on a railway.
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> ticket means an authority to travel on a public passenger vehicle or train that may take any of the following forms—
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> > (a) a printed ticket,
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> > (b) a smartcard,
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> > (c) any other thing issued by or on behalf of the operator of a public passenger service or rail passenger service or TfNSW for the purpose of authorising a person to travel on a public passenger vehicle or train used to carry on the service concerned.
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> valid ticket means—
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> > (a) a ticket (other than a smartcard) that is valid for travel in accordance with Division 2, or
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> > (b) a smartcard that is valid for travel in accordance with Division 3.