Victorian Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT (COMPLIANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS) (TICKETING) REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 6

For the purposes of these Regulations—

        (a)     a ticket is valid for the whole of a person's travel in a passenger vehicle if the ticket authorises the whole of that travel; and

        (b)     a ticket is valid for a person's entry to a compulsory ticket area if the ticket authorises that entry to the compulsory ticket area; and

        (c)     a ticket is not valid for the whole of a person's travel in a passenger vehicle if any part of that travel is not authorised by the ticket.

Examples to reg. 6 amended by S.R. No. 22/2019 reg. 6.

Examples

For the purposes of Division 2 of Part 2, examples of reasonable steps that may be available to make a ticket valid for travel include—

              •     in the case of a myki, to have recorded on the myki a myki product or myki money of sufficient value to pay for the whole of the travel or entry to a compulsory ticket area and have the whole of the travel recorded on the myki; and

              •     in the case of a ticket other than a myki, to purchase a ticket for the whole of the travel or entry to a compulsory ticket area; and

              •     in the case of a myki, to have the myki scanned by a smartcard and digital card reader and made valid for travel or entry to a compulsory ticket area before commencing travel or, if travelling on a tram or a bus, on commencing travel or entering a compulsory ticket area.

Division 1—Obligations