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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
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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.