5Definitions and reference provisions

5 Definitions and reference provisions (1) In these Regulations— ***authorised officer*** has the same meaning as in section 208 of the Act; def. of *authorised person (ticketing)* amended by S.R. Nos 168/2019 reg. 5(a), 14/2026 reg. 5(c). ***authorised person (ticketing)*** means— (a) an authorised officer; or (b) a police officer; or (c) a protective services officer; or (d) a person employed by a passenger transport company or a bus company who has duties in relation to the issue, inspection, scanning or collection of tickets and tokens for travel in a passenger vehicle or for entry to a compulsory ticket area; or (e) a person (other than a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (d)) appointed in writing by a passenger transport company or a bus company or the Secretary or the Head, Transport for Victoria for the purposes of these Regulations; or (f) if a bus company is a natural person, that person; def. of *central computer system* amended by S.R. Nos 22/2019 reg. 5(1)(a), 57/2019 reg. 5(a), 168/2019 reg. 5(b), 14/2026 reg. 5(d). ***central computer system*** means the central servers, computers, networks, other electronic data systems and other devices operated and maintained by or on behalf of the Head, Transport for Victoria to— (a) collect, manage, process, summarise and store information; and (b) settle financial transactions— relating to smartcards, digital tokens and other prescribed devices; def. of *compulsory ticket area* amended by S.R. Nos 22/2019 reg. 5(1)(b), 14/2026 reg. 5(e). ***compulsory ticket area*** means— (a) an area of land or an area within premises owned or occupied by a passenger transport company that is designated by the passenger transport company by means of signs in or near the area as an area for entry to which a ticket valid for that entry is required; or (b) if a railway station is specified by the Secretary in a notice published in the Government Gazette as a station to which this paragraph applies— (i) a platform at that station; and (ii) a waiting room or area adjoining a platform from which the platform can be accessed without the need to pass a smartcard and digital token reader or a ticket barrier; and (iii) an area between a platform and any smartcard and digital token reader or ticket barrier that it is necessary to pass to gain access to the platform; ***concession ticket*** means a ticket that, in accordance with conditions determined under section 220D of the Act— (a) authorises free travel, or travel at a price less than the full fare, in a passenger vehicle; or (b) authorises free entry, or entry at a price less than the full price for entry, to a compulsory ticket area; def. of *digital card* inserted by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 5(2), amended by S.R. No. 129/2024 reg. 5(a), revoked by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(a). Reg. 5(1) def. of *digital myki* inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(b). ***digital myki*** means a digital State token that is capable of— (a) recording a myki product or myki money; and (b) in respect of myki money— (i) recording the value of that myki money; and (ii) transferring information to other electronic devices so as to effect modifications to that value to reflect payment for travel in a passenger vehicle or entry to a compulsory ticket area; and (iii) recording that value as so modified— but does not include a V/Line digital ticket; Reg. 5(1) def. of *digital token* inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(b). ***digital token*** means a token that is— (a) a software application on a personal electronic device; or (b) another thing processed through a software application on a personal electronic device— that may lawfully be used for the purpose of obtaining a ticket or proving the existence of a ticket but does not include a V/Line digital ticket; def. of *digital top-up application* inserted by S.R. No. 87/2021 reg. 4, amended by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(f). ***digital top-up application*** means a software application on a personal electronic device that may lawfully be used for the purpose of recording a myki product or myki money on a myki smartcard; def. of *Handheld Retail* substituted by S.R. No. 6/2020 reg. 4. ***Handheld Retail*** means— (a) a PSION WORKABOUT PRO S Model 7527S-G2; or (b) a ZEBRA Model TC77— that is being used by or on behalf of a retail agent in the course of that retail agent's activities as a retail agent; def. of *Handheld V/Line* amended by S.R. Nos 48/2023 reg. 4, 14/2026 reg. 5(g). ***Handheld V/Line*** means an Axium EX8000 3GB or a ZEBRA Model TC77 that is being used by a V/Line conductor in the course of that conductor's duties as a conductor; def. of *myki* substituted by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 5(3), revoked by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(a). Reg. 5(1) def. of *myki bus ticketing equipment* amended by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(h). ***myki bus ticketing equipment*** means equipment installed on a bus that enables a digital token or token that is a smartcard to be used to authorise travel in that bus; Reg. 5(1) def. of *myki money* amended by S.R. Nos 57/2019 reg. 5(b), 168/2019 reg. 5(c), 14/2026 reg. 5(i). ***myki money*** means a dollar amount paid to the Head, Transport for Victoria and recorded as value on a myki smartcard or digital myki; Reg. 5(1) def. of *myki product* amended by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(j). ***myki product*** means a pre-purchased or free entitlement, recorded on a myki smartcard or digital myki, to travel in a passenger vehicle or to enter a compulsory ticket area in accordance with conditions determined under section 220D of the Act; Reg. 5(1) def. of *myki smartcard* inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(b). ***myki smartcard*** means a smartcard that is capable of— (a) recording a myki product or myki money; and (b) in respect of myki money— (i) recording the value of that myki money; and (ii) transferring information to other electronic devices so as to effect modifications to that value to reflect payment for travel in a passenger vehicle or entry to a compulsory ticket area; and (iii) recording that value as so modified; ***operator access card*** means a plastic card that— (a) contains an imbedded computer microchip capable of receiving, storing, processing and transferring information; and (b) is used to identify the holder of the card to another prescribed device and enable the holder to operate the device; ***passenger vehicle*** means any of the following that is operated by or on behalf of a passenger transport company or a bus company— (a) a passenger train; (b) a tram; (c) a bus; def. of *personal electronic device* inserted by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 5(2), substituted by S.R. Nos 129/2024 reg. 5(b), 14/2026 reg. 5(k). ***personal electronic device*** means an electronic device on which a ticket or token is capable of being stored and that contains one or more imbedded computer microchips capable of receiving, storing, processing and transferring information; ***protective services officer*** has the same meaning as in the **Victoria Police Act 2013**; ***regular passenger service*** has the same meaning as in the **Bus Services Act 1995**; Reg. 5(1) def. of *retail agent* amended by S.R. Nos 57/2019 reg. 5(c), 168/2019 reg. 5(d), 14/2026 reg. 5(l). ***retail agent*** means a person (other than a passenger transport company or a bus company) engaged by the Crown or the Head, Transport for Victoria to act as its agent in relation to the sale of State tokens and payment for travel in a passenger vehicle or entry to a compulsory ticket area; Reg. 5(1) def. of *smartcard* inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(b). ***smartcard*** means a plastic card that contains an imbedded computer microchip capable of receiving, storing, processing and transferring information; Reg. 5(1) def. of *smartcard and digital card reader* inserted by S.R. No. 129/2024 reg. 5(e), revoked by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(a). Reg. 5(1) def. of *smartcard and digital token reader* inserted by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(b). ***smartcard and digital token reader*** means a machine that, when a smartcard or digital token is scanned by the machine as part of the actions necessary for a ticket to be made valid for travel in a passenger vehicle or entry to a compulsory ticket area, regardless of whether or not at any particular time the machine is in working order, is designed and intended— (a) to electronically record and process information from a digital token or a token that is a smartcard; and (b) to perform related functions; def. of *smartcard reader* amended by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 5(1)(c), revoked by S.R. No. 129/2024 reg. 5(c). def. of *smartcard security access module* amended by S.R. Nos 22/2019 reg. 5(1)(d), 14/2026 reg. 5(m). ***smartcard security access module*** means a computer microchip that stores security authentication and encryption keys that ensure that a prescribed device, when fitted with the smartcard security access module, is authorised to copy and transfer information between the prescribed device and— (a) a smartcard or digital token; and (b) the central computer system; ***the Act*** means the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**; Reg. 5(1) def. of *ticket* revoked by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(a). ***ticket barrier*** means a barrier that is intended to be used to regulate access to or egress from a part of a railway station that is a compulsory ticket area; ***train*** includes a single carriage (whether powered or not) that does not form part of a set or series of carriages; ***vehicle control unit*** means a device installed on a bus or a tram that is capable of— (a) transferring or copying information stored by the device between prescribed devices installed on the bus or tram; and (b) transferring or copying information stored by the device between a prescribed device installed on the bus or tram and the central computer system; and (c) receiving information from a global positioning system and generating and storing information relating to the location of the bus or tram and transferring or copying such information to prescribed devices installed on the bus or tram; Reg. 5(1) def. of *V/Line conductor* substituted by S.R. No. 55/2018 reg. 3(1). ***V/Line conductor*** means a person employed by V/Line Corporation to perform duties as a conductor on trains operated by or on behalf of that company; Reg. 5(1) def. of *V/Line Corporation* inserted by S.R. No. 55/2018 reg. 3(2), amended by S.R. No. 129/2024 reg. 5(d). ***V/Line Corporation*** has the same meaning as in section 3 of the **Transport Integration Act 2010**; Reg. 5(1) def. of *V/Line digital ticket* inserted by S.R. No. 129/2024 reg. 5(e), amended by S.R. No. 14/2026 reg. 5(n)(o). ***V/Line digital ticket*** means a token with a barcode that can be displayed on a personal electronic device and which may lawfully be used for the purpose of proving an entitlement to travel in a passenger vehicle or entry to a compulsory ticket area. (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the fact that a tramway is not laid entirely in public streets or roads does not prevent a vehicle running on that tramway from being characterised as a tram. (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person's travel in a passenger vehicle— (a) begins— (i) in the case of a bus, on the earlier of— (A) when the person, after boarding the bus, first moves past the driver's seat towards the back of the bus; or (B) when the bus first starts to move after the person has boarded the bus; or (ii) in all other cases, when the passenger vehicle first starts to move after the person has boarded the vehicle; and (b) ends when the person leaves the passenger vehicle.