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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
77DTickets to be processed
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#### 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—
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> > > (a) board a bus,
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> > > (b) enter (otherwise than by getting off a train), or leave, the restricted area of a station,
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> > > (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,
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> > > (d) if there is no paid area of the ferry wharf—board or leave a ferry.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (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.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this clause, a person processes a ticket—
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> > > (a) in the case of a smartcard—by scanning it at an appropriate smartcard reader, and
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> > > (b) in the case of a ticket other than a smartcard—
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> > > > (i) by automatic processing, that is, by putting it into automatic processing equipment provided to read or record any details on the ticket, or
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> > > > (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
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> > > > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) the person has a reasonable excuse for not using the automatic processing equipment.
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> > (5) 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—
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> > > (a) is clearly designated as a bus on which only pre-paid tickets may be used, or
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> > > (b) is used to provide a free service.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (6) 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.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.