284Concession tickets for demand responsive service

284 Concession tickets for demand responsive service (1) A person must not travel in a DRS vehicle using a concession ticket if the person is not entitled to use the concession ticket. (2) A DRS vehicle driver, police officer or authorised person may require a person who uses (or attempts to use) a concession ticket to travel on a DRS vehicle to produce satisfactory evidence (for example, a student or pensioner concession card) that the person is entitled to use the ticket to travel on the vehicle. (3) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement under (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. (5) A person may not be prosecuted for offences against both subsection (1) and subsection (3) in relation to the same journey. (6) For this section, a person is entitled to use a concession ticket for travel on a DRS if the authorised operator of the service has authorised the person to use the concession ticket.

(7) A person must not provide a document containing information that is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular— (a) in relation to an application for a concession ticket; or (b) in purported compliance with a requirement under (8) A person must not in or in relation to an application for a concession ticket or in purported compliance with a requirement under subsection (2)— (a) state anything that is false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) omit from a statement anything without which the statement is misleading in a material particular. (9) In this section: concession ticket means a DRS ticket issued free or at a reduced fare. (10) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.