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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
77CConcession tickets
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#### 77C Concession tickets
77C Concession tickets
> > (1) A person must not travel, or attempt to travel, on a public passenger vehicle or train on the authority of a concession ticket unless the person is entitled to the concession ticket.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (2) The driver of a public passenger vehicle or an authorised officer may direct a person—
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> > > (a) who is travelling in a public passenger vehicle or train on the authority of a concession ticket, or
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> > > (b) who processes a concession ticket under this Division, or
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> > > (c) who makes a concession ticket available for inspection under this Division,
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> > to produce to the driver or authorised officer evidence (for example, the person’s pensioner or student concession card) that the person is entitled to the concession ticket.
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> > (3) A person who is given such a direction must immediately comply with it.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (4) A person may not be prosecuted for offences under both subclause (1) and subclause (3) in relation to the same travel.
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> > (5) A person must not—
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> > > (a) in or in connection with an application for a concession ticket or the issue or purchase of a concession ticket, or
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> > > (b) in purported compliance with a direction made under this clause,
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> > knowingly give any information or tender any document that contains a false or misleading particular with respect to the age, occupation or status of the person to whom the application or direction relates.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (6) For the purposes of this Regulation, a person is entitled to a concession ticket if the person is of a class of persons determined by TfNSW as being entitled to the type of concession ticket concerned.