Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (ACT)

COMMONWEALTH MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES ORDINANCE-

COMMONWEALTH MOTOR OMNIBUS SERVICES

ORDINANCE

COMMONWEALTH MOTOR OMNIBUS FARES REGULATIONS

REGULATIONS 1964, No. 7*

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Commonwealth Motor Omni-

bus Fares Regulations.

2. The Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (comprising Regulations 1956, Nos. 6 and 11; 1957, No. 1; and 1959, No. 4) are repealed.

3.  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— " child " means a person who has not attained the age of fourteen

years;

" conductor" means a conductor of an omnibus, and includes a

driver of an omnibus on which no conductor is employed;

"' holiday " means—

(a) a day that is observed, by virtue of sub-section (1.) or (2.) of section seventy-six of the Public Service Act 1922-1964, as a holiday for officers of the Public Service of the Commonwealth employed in the Territory;

(6) the first Monday in the month of October in any year; or (c) a day proclaimed by an Ordinance to be a holiday in the

Territory, without restriction as to the classes of persons by whom it is to be observed;

" inspector" means an inspector appointed under section 5 of the Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955-1964; " journey " means a journey in an omnibus;

1964: notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 19 November, 1964.

" motor omnibus " or " omnibus " means a motor omnibus employed

in a Commonwealth motor omnibus service;

" road " includes a street, lane or other thoroughfare used by omni-

buses;

" school child " means a person under the age of eighteen years who is attending school, but does not include a person who has attained the age of fourteen years and is attending school on a part-time basis only;

" the full fare ", in relation to a journey, means the fare prescribed
by regulation 5 of these Regulations in respect of the journey;
" the Transport Manager" means the person occupying the office

of Transport Manager in the Facilities Branch of the Department

of the Interior.

• Made under the Commonwealth Motor Omnibus Services Ordinance 1955-1964 on 9 November,

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4. For the purposes of these Regulations, a section stop is a stopping Section stops.

place for omnibuses indicated by a shed, post, sign or notice on which there is marked, in accordance with the directions of the Minister, the word " section ".

5.—(1.) Subject to these Regulations, the fare to be charged in respect Fares,

of a journey made by a passenger in an omnibus is the amount specified in the Second Column of the First Schedule to these Regulations opposite to the number of sections of which the journey consists specified in the First Column of that Schedule.
(2.) For the purposes of these Regulations, the number of sections of which such a journey in an omnibus consists is—

(a) where the omnibus does not, during the journey, pass any section stop, being an omnibus stop for the purposes of omnibuses travelling in the direction in which the journey proceeds- one; and

(b) in any other case—the number of such section stops passed by

the omnibus during the journey, plus one.

(3.) Where a passenger commences or ends a journey at a section stop, that section stop shall not be taken into account in determining the number of sections of which the journey consists.

journey by a child is one-half of the full fare in respect of the journey or, fares- 6.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, the fare to be charged in respect of a children's

if the full fare in respect of the journey is not an even number of pence, one-half of the amount ascertained by deducting one penny from the full fare.

(2.) The fare to be charged in respect of a journey by a child when travelling to or from Sunday-school or a Church service is Threepence, irrespective of the length of the journey.
(3.) The fare to be charged in respect of a journey by a school child when travelling from his home to school, or from school to his home, in an omnibus provided specially for school children travelling to or from school is Threepence, irrespective of the length of the journey.

(4.) Where an omnibus provided specially for school children travelling to or from school is not available to a school child, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey by that child, when travelling from his home to school, or from school to his home, is Threepence, irrespective of the length of the journey.
deviates from its usual route, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey from r0utel1,	7. Where on account of floods or other special circumstances an omnibus Deviations

by a passenger in the omnibus, being a journey that commences and ends at places on the usual route, is the fare that would have been charged if no deviation from that route had occurred.

8. For the purposes of these Regulations, where a passenger in an journeys to

omnibus travels to the terminus of a route and returns on the same omnibus ^lin'us!
without alighting from it, he shall be deemed to have ended a journey
upon the arrival of the omnibus at the terminus and to have commenced
another journey upon its departure from the terminus.

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Concession	9.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey by a person to whom the full fare would, but for this sub-regula- tion, be applicable, being a person who is in receipt of a widows', invalid or age pension or wives' allowance under the Social Services Act 1947-1964, or in receipt of a widows' pension or wives' allowance under the Repatria- tion Act 1920-1964, the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956-1962 or the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962, is one- half of the full fare in respect of the journey or, if the full fare in respect of the journey is not an even number of pence, one-half of the amount ascertained by deducting One penny from the full fare.
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(2.) Subject to this regulation, the fare to be charged in respect of a journey to or from the Australian National University, the Canberra Tech- nical College or a High School by a person to whom the full fare would, but for this sub-regulation, be applicable, being a person who—

(a) is a student under eighteen years of age, or a full-time student of not less than eighteen years of age but less than twenty- five years of age, attending a course of study or instruction at that University, College or High School; and

(b) is travelling to that University, College or High School for pur- poses connected with that course or from that University, College or High School after attending it for purposes con- nected with that course,

is one-half of the full fare in respect of the journey or, if the full fare in respect of the journey is not an even number of pence, one-half of the amount ascertained by deducting One penny from the full fare.

(3.) The preceding provisions of this regulation do not apply in rela- tion to a person unless he produces to the conductor and, if so required by an inspector, to the inspector, written evidence, of a kind approved by the Transport Manager, identifying him as a person referred to in sub- regulation (1.) or (2.) of this regulation, as the case requires.

Exemptions. 10.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, but notwithstanding anything con- tained in regulation 5 or 6 of these Regulations, no fare is chargeable in respect of a journey in an omnibus by—

(a) a child under the age of five years who is not occupying a seat in the omnibus;

(b) a person who is an incapacitated returned soldier; or

(c) a member of the Police Force of the Territory, or a person employed in the Transport Section of the Facilities Branch of the Department of the Interior, while travelling on duty or between his home and a place where he performs duty for the purpose of commencing, or immediately after com- pleting, duty.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply—

(a) in relation to a child travelling in an omnibus provided specially

for school children travelling to or from school;

(b) in relation to a person referred to in paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation, unless he produces to the conductor and, if so required by an inspector, to the inspector, written evidence, of a kind approved by the Transport Manager, identifying him as such a person; or

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(c) in relation to a person referred to in paragraph (c) of that sub- regulation, unless that person is in uniform or produces to the conductor and, if so required by an inspector, to the inspector, written evidence, of a kind approved by the Trans- port Manager, identifying him as such a person.

(3.) In this regulation, "incapacitated returned soldier" means a person who is in receipt of a pension in respect of an incapacity, being total incapacity for the purposes of the Repatriation Act 1920-1964, incapacity of the nature specified in the Fourth Schedule to that Act or such other serious incapacity as the Minister approves for the purposes of this regulation.

11. Unless the contrary is proved, evidence that a stopping place for Section stops

omnibuses is indicated by a shed, post, sign or notice on which there is fawfSy erected,
painted or marked the word " section " is evidence that the stopping place
for omnibuses is a section stop and that the word was so painted or marked

by the authority of the Minister.

up or otherwise interfere with a section stop unless he is acting under the stop"1""1 12. A person shall not remove, move, damage, deface, obscure, cover Removals, &c„

authority of the Minister.

Penalty: Twenty-five pounds.

THE SCHEDULE.

Regulation 5.

Number of Sections.	Fare.	Number of Sections.	Fare.
s. d.	s. d.

1 0 6 16 2 9

2	0	9	17	2 9
3	1 0	18	3 0
4	1 3	19	3 0
5	1 3	20	3 3

.

6 1 6 21 3 3

7	1 6	22	3 6
8	1 9	23	3 6
9	1 9	24	3 9
10	2	0	25	3 9
11	2	0	26	4 0
12	2 3	27	4 0
13	2 3	28	4 3
14	2 6	29	4 3
15	2 6	30	4 6