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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
77AValid ticket required for travel
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#### 77A Valid ticket required for travel
77A Valid ticket required for travel
> > (1) A person must not travel, or attempt to travel, on a public passenger vehicle or train unless the person (or someone accompanying the person) holds a valid ticket for the person’s travel.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (2) This clause does not apply in the case of a person who does not hold a ticket if the person—
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> > > (a) boards a bus at a bus stop, a ferry at a ferry wharf or a train at a station where, at all relevant times before the person boarded, there were no facilities available for the issue of an appropriate ticket, or
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> > > (b) the person is a child of or under 3 years of age.
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> > (2A) Subclause (2)(a) does not apply if the appropriate ticket is a smartcard.
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> > (3) In this clause, hold a ticket means be able to produce the ticket on request.