Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO 14 OF 1999) - REG 5

    Before regulation 18, the following regulation is inserted in Part III:

“17     Passengers to hold and produce valid tickets

“(1)     A person on an omnibus as a passenger commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is not in possession of a valid ticket; or

        (b)     fails to produce, on request, a valid ticket to—

              (i)     the driver of the omnibus; or

              (ii)     an inspector.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

“(2)     For subregulation (1), a ticket in the possession of, or produced by, a person is a valid ticket only if, under the charges determination, it is valid—

        (a)     in relation to the person; and

        (b)     for travel on the date, and at the time, when the person is on the omnibus; and

        (c)     for travel within the zone where the omnibus is, at that time, travelling (whether or not the omnibus is moving).

“(3)     In a proceeding for contravention of subregulation (1), a document that is, or appears to be, the charges determination (or a copy of that determination)—

        (a)     is admissible in evidence without being proved; and

        (b)     is evidence, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of its contents (so far as they are material to a matter in issue).”.