What it does
These Regulations govern the use of tickets on Victoria’s public transport network - trains, trams and buses operated by or on behalf of passenger transport companies or bus companies. The objectives, set out in regulation 1, are to require and regulate the use of tickets, to support revenue collection and reduce fare evasion, to clarify contractual arrangements for certain tickets, to prescribe enforcement powers, to specify defences to ticket‑related offences, and to prescribe other matters required or permitted under the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 (the Act). The Regulations create a framework in which any person travelling in a passenger vehicle or entering a compulsory ticket area must hold a valid ticket and produce evidence of that ticket when asked by an authorised person (ticketing). They impose parallel obligations on persons using concession tickets to produce evidence of their entitlement. The Regulations also set out the limited defences available to a person charged with an offence. Those defences are restricted: a person must have taken all reasonable steps before and during travel or entry, and expressly cannot rely on insufficient time, insufficient care, or an inoperable personal electronic device (for digital tokens or V/Line digital tickets) as the primary reason for non‑compliance. The Regulations further provide for ticket contracts to be created automatically when a person enters a vehicle or compulsory ticket area relying on a ticket issued by a third party (typically the Crown or the Head, Transport for Victoria). Ticket conditions are prescribed, allowing the service provider to alter the service during the currency of the ticket. Additionally, the Regulations prescribe the devices (e.g. myki readers, driver consoles, validator gates) and processes (e.g. copying information between a myki smartcard and a central computer system) that are authorised for use under the Act’s provisions for electronic ticketing and information handling. They repeal earlier ticketing regulations dating back to 2006 and consolidate the rules as amended up to March 2026.