Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Motor Omnibus Services Regulations (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No 14 of 1999

CONTENTS

Regulation   Page

1............ Commencement................................................................................................ 1

2............ Regulations amended....................................................................................... 2

3............ Substitution—

1 ...... Name of regulations............................................................... 2

4............ Interpretation..................................................................................................... 2

5............ Insertion—

17........ Passengers to hold and produce valid tickets.................... 2

6............ Schedule............................................................................................................. 3

Motor Omnibus Services Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No 14 of 19992

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Motor Omnibus Services Act 1955.

Dated 26 July 1999.

brendan smyth

Minister

gary humphries

Minister

1. Commencement

   These regulations commence on the day they are notified in the Gazette.

2. Regulations amended

   These regulations amend the Motor Omnibus Services Regulations.

3. Substitution

   Regulation 1 is omitted and the following regulation substituted:

4. Name of regulations

   These regulations are the Motor Omnibus Services Regulations 1955.”.

5. Interpretation

   The following definitions are inserted in regulation 3:

   “charges determination means the determination of charges made under section 4 of the Act that is instrument No 258 of 1998 dated 10 December 1998 and notified in the Gazette on 16 December 1998.

   zone means the Central zone, the North zone, the South zone or a shared zone, as defined respectively in the schedule to the charges determination.”.

6. Insertion

   Before regulation 18, the following regulation is inserted in Part III:

7. Passengers to hold and produce valid tickets

8. A person on an omnibus as a passenger commits an offence if the person—

   (a)is not in possession of a valid ticket; or

(b)fails to produce, on request, a valid ticket to—

(i)the driver of the omnibus; or

(ii)an inspector.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

1. For subregulation (1), a ticket in the possession of, or produced by, a person is a valid ticket only if, under the charges determination, it is valid—

   (a)in relation to the person; and

(b)for travel on the date, and at the time, when the person is on the omnibus; and

(c)for travel within the zone where the omnibus is, at that time, travelling (whether or not the omnibus is moving).

1. In a proceeding for contravention of subregulation (1), a document that is, or appears to be, the charges determination (or a copy of that determination)—

   (a)is admissible in evidence without being proved; and

(b)is evidence, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of its contents (so far as they are material to a matter in issue).”.

1. Schedule

   Before the first item in Part II of the Schedule, the following item is inserted:

“Regulation 17 travelling without a valid ticket $50”.

ENDNOTES

Regulations amended

1. Reprinted as at 8 August 1995. See also SL 1996 No 8 and Acts 1997 No 70 and 1999 No 20.

Notification

1. Notified in the Gazette on 12 August 1999.

Penalty units

See s 33AA of the Interpretation Act 1967 and s 9 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1999