South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations110—Special provision for declared areas
(1) In this
regulation—
"declared area" means—
(a) the
paid concourse or platform area of the Adelaide Railway Station; or
(b) that
part of the concourse, platform or other public area of a passenger station
where a regular passenger service operator has, under an arrangement with the
Minister, established an area for the purposes of this regulation; or
(c) an
area determined by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be a
declared area for the purposes of this regulation.
(2) A declared area
may be established for the purposes of this regulation—
(a) as a
special area where a person must not enter or remain without a
ticket or pass (a "special declared area"); or
(b) as a
general declared area.
(3) A person must not
enter or remain in a declared area unless—
(a) the
person holds a ticket or pass; or
(b) in
the case of a general declared area—
(i)
the person intends to purchase a ticket from a facility
located in the declared area; or
(ii)
if it is not possible to purchase a ticket in the
declared area—the person is intending to board a
regular passenger service vehicle stopping at the declared area.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $160.
(a) a
person enters a declared area (other than a special declared area) without a
ticket or pass; and
(b) it
is possible to purchase a ticket from a facility located in the declared area,
the person must immediately purchase a ticket.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $160.
(5) If an
authorised person has reason to believe that a person who is present in a
declared area does not intend to board a regular passenger service vehicle
stopping at the declared area within a reasonable time, the authorised person
may request the person to leave the declared area.
(6) A person who,
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply immediately with a request under
subregulation (5) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $160.
(7)
Subregulations (3) and (4) do not apply to a person who is authorised by
the Minister, a regular passenger service operator or an authorised person to
be in a declared area without a ticket or pass.
(8) In
subregulation (7)—
"regular passenger service operator" does not include a rail operator.
(9) A person who is in
a declared area must immediately allow an authorised person access to their
ticket, student identification card, travel concession card or pass, or access
to evidence of an entitlement to travel free of charge, for inspection, when
requested to do so by the authorised person.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $160.
(10)
Subregulation (9) does not apply to a person in a general declared area
where it is not possible to purchase a ticket.
(11) A
regular passenger service operator must, by notice in the Gazette and in such
other manner as the Minister may determine, give notice of the establishment
of a declared area by the operator under this regulation.