1Objectives

1 Objectives The objectives of these Regulations are— (a) to require and regulate the use of tickets for Victoria's public transport system; and (b) to support the collection of revenue for that system and reduce fare evasion and the consequential revenue losses incurred by public transport operators and the State; and (c) to clarify contractual arrangements in relation to certain tickets; and (d) to prescribe certain conditions and enforcement powers in relation to tickets; and (e) to specify the defences applying to ticket‑related offences; and (f) to prescribe other matters required, permitted or necessary to be prescribed by or under the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**.