Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated RegulationsReg. 17(1) amended by S.R. Nos 57/2019 reg. 6, 168/2019 reg. 6.
(1) This regulation applies if a passenger transport company or a bus company is obliged under a contract with the Crown, or the Secretary on behalf of the Crown or the Head, Transport for Victoria, to accept for travel in the company's passenger vehicles or entry to the company's compulsory ticket areas a ticket that has not been issued by or on behalf of the company.
(2) If a person enters one of the company's passenger vehicles or compulsory ticket areas in reliance on a ticket referred to in subregulation (1), on that entry there is taken to come into existence a contract between the company and the person for the travel in the passenger vehicle or entry to the compulsory ticket area (as the case requires).
(3) If a person purchases a ticket referred to in subregulation (1) on one of the company's passenger vehicles for use in that vehicle, on that purchase there is taken to come into existence a contract between the company and the person for the travel in the passenger vehicle.
(4) The terms of a contract referred to in subregulation (2) or (3) are taken to be all of the conditions to which the ticket is subject that are relevant to the travel in the passenger vehicle or entry to the compulsory ticket area, as the case may be.
(5) A reference in this regulation—
(a) to the company's passenger vehicles is a reference to any passenger vehicle operated by, or on behalf of, the company; and
(b) to the company's compulsory ticket areas is a reference to any compulsory ticket area that is owned or occupied by the company.