77DTickets to be processed

77D Tickets to be processed

77D Tickets to be processed

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, do any of the following without processing (or without someone accompanying the person processing) a valid ticket for the person in accordance with this clause—

(a) board a bus,

(b) enter (otherwise than by getting off a train), or leave, the restricted area of a station,

(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,

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

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(1A) It is not a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subclause (1) that there were no facilities available for the issue or topping-up of a smartcard.

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

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

(b) in the case of a ticket other than a smartcard—

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

(ii) by providing the ticket for inspection by an authorised officer on request or an employee of the operator of the public passenger service or rail passenger service concerned, or

(iii) by allowing the ticket to be processed manually by an authorised officer or an employee of the operator of the public passenger service or rail passenger service concerned.

(3) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to a person who on boarding a bus buys a valid ticket from the driver of the bus.

(4) A ticket (other than a smartcard) that is designed to be processed by automatic processing must not be processed by any other method unless—

(a) the bus, ferry, ferry wharf or station concerned is not supplied with automatic processing equipment or the automatic processing equipment is not functioning, or

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