Amendments of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1978 No. 12

Regulations under the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955*

I, ROBERT JAMES ELLICOTT, the Minister of State for the Capital Territory, hereby make the following Regulations under the Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955.

Dated this sixteenth day of August 1978.

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

AMENDMENTS OF THE MOTOR OMNIBUS FARES

REGULATIONS!

1 . ( 1 ) Regulations 2, 3, 4 and 6 shall come into operation on the

date on which these Regulations are notified in the Gazette.

(2) Regulation 5 shall come into operation on 1 September 1978.

2. Regulation 3 of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations is amended by omitting the definitions of " child " and " pensioner ".

3. Regulations 4 and 5 of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations are repealed and the following regulation is substituted:

" 4 . (1) In this regulation, ' peak-hour journey' means a journey that commences—

(a) before 9 o'clock in the morning; or

1974, Nos. 1, 7 and 19; 1975, Nos. 1 and 20; 1976, No . 14; and 1977, Nos. 2 and 14.

(b) after 4 o'clock, but before 6 o'clock, in the afternoon,

not being a journey made on a Saturday, a Sunday or a day that is a
public holiday.

" (2) Subject to regulations 6, 9 and 10, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey on an omnibus, not being a peak-hour journey, is the sum calculated by multiplying the sum of 30 cents by the number of sections of which the journey consists.

" (3) Subject to regulations 6, 9 and 10, the fare to be charged

in respect of a journey on an omnibus, being a peak-hour journey, is

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 August 1978.
t Regulations 1964, No . 7 as amended by 1966, No . 5; 1967, No . I; 1970, No . 11; 1971, No . 7; 1973, No. 8;

the sum calculated by multiplying the sum of 35 cents by the number

of sections of which the journey consists.".

4. Regulation 6 of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations is amended

by omitting " 20 cents " and substituting " 15 cents ".

5. Regulations 6AA, 6A and 6c of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regu­

lations are repealed and the following regulations substituted:

" 6A. (1) The price payable for a daily ticket for the purpose of

sub-section 4BA (2) of the Ordinance is $1.30.

" (2) The following classes of persons are prescribed for the pur­

pose of sub-section 4BA (3) of the Ordinance:

(a ) children;

(b) school students;

(c) pensioners.

" (3) The price payable for a daily ticket purchased by a person

included in a class of persons specified in sub-regulation (2) is 70 cents.

" 6 B . (1) The price payable for a monthly ticket, other than a

monthly ticket referred to in sub-section 4c (2A) , is $18.

" (2) The following classes of persons are prescribed for the pur­

pose of sub-section 4c (2A) of the Ordinance:

(a ) children;

(b) school students;

(c) pensioners;

(d) full-time students attending a course of study or instruc­ tion at a tertiary education institution.

" (3) The price payable for a monthly ticket by a person included

in a class of persons specified in paragraph ( a ) , (b) or (c) of sub-

regulation (2) is $6.

" (4) The price payable for a monthly ticket by a person included

in the class of persons specified in paragraph (2) (d) is $12.
" 6c. The price payable for a quarterly ticket by a person included in any of the classes of persons specified in sub-section 4CB (1) of the Ordinance is $15.".

6. Regulations 6D and 6E of the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations

are repealed and the following regulation is substituted:

" 6D. (1) For the purpose of sub-section 4CA (2) of the Ordinance,

the prices payable for books of tickets are—

(a) for a book of 10 tickets—$2.60;

(b) for a book of 20 tickets—$5.20; and
(c) for a book of 50 tickets—$13.00.

" (2) The following classes of persons are prescribed for the pur­ pose of sub-section 4CA (3) of the Ordinance:

(a) children;
(b) school students;
(c) pensioners.

" (3) The price payable for a book of tickets purchased by a person included in a class of persons specified in sub-regulation (2) is—

(a) for a book of 10 tickets—$ 1.00;
(b) for a book of 20 tickets—$2.00; and

(c) for a book of 50 tickets—$5.00.".