Public Transport Authority Amendment Regulations 2005 (WA)

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TRANSPORT

Amendment Regulations 2005.

T R301*

Public Transport Authority Act 2003

Public Transport Authority Amendment

Regulations 2005

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Public Transport Authority

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2.           The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Public
Transport Authority Regulations 2003*.

[* Published in Gazette 27 June 2003, p. 2465-97.

For amendments to 31 December 2004 see Western p. 303.]

3.            Part 4A inserted

After Part 4 the following Part is inserted -

Part 4A - Bicycles on passenger trains

33A. Interpretation
In this Part —
"counter flow direction" means -

(a)	away from the Perth CBD in the morning: or
(b)	towards the Perth CBD in the afternoon or evening;

"peak time" means 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.. and

4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.;

"peak flow direction" means -

(a)	towards the Perth CBD in the morning; or
(b)	away from the Perth CBD in the afternoon or evening;

"working day" means a weekday that is not a public

holiday for the Perth metropolitan area.

33B. Bikes on trains generally

(1)	bicycle on a passenger train on a day that is not a
Subject to regulation 331), a person may travel with a
working day, at any time.
(2)	Subject to regulation 331), a person may travel with a bicycle on a passenger train on a working day, at any time that is not peak time.

33C. Bikes on trains in peak times

(1) Subject to regulation 331), a person may travel with a

bicycle on a passenger train, in a counter flow direction
during a peak time on a working day but, in doing so,
must not get any closer to the Perth CBD than the
McIver, City West or Leederville station.
Modified penalty: $50.
Penalty: $2 000.

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(2)	A person must not travel with a bicycle on a passenger train in a peak flow direction, during a peak time on a working day.
Modified penalty: $50. Penalty: $2 000.
(3)	A security officer, an authorised person, or a member of the Police Force may direct that a person who is about to board a passenger train carriage with a bicycle is not to board that passenger train if, by embarking, that person would breach subregulation (1) or (2).
(4)	A security officer, an authorised person, or a member of the Police Force may direct that a person who is in breach of subregulation (1) or (2) is to disembark.

331) . Special events

(1) A security officer, an authorised person, or a member

of the Police Force may direct that a person who is
about to board a passenger train carriage with a bicycle

is not to board that passenger train if -

(a)	the particular carriage is crowded; or
(b)	the particular carriage will be crowded,

due to an event causing high demands on the urban
passenger train system (e.g. Australia Day
celebrations, Royal Show, Christmas pageants,

sporting events or entertainment events).

(2) A security officer, an authorised person, or a member

of the Police Force may direct that a person who is in a passenger train carriage with a bicycle is to disembark if -

(a) the particular carriage is crowded; or

(b) the particular carriage will be crowded,

due to an event causing high demands on the urban
passenger train system (e.g. Australia Day
celebrations, Royal Show, Christmas pageants,

sporting events or entertainment events).

(3) A person who does not comply with a direction under

this regulation commits an offence.
Modified penalty: $50.
Penalty: $2 000.

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4.           Regulation 43 amended

Regulation 43 is amended after paragraph (f) by inserting the following paragraph —

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(fa) the person has been given a direction under

regulation 33C(3), 33C(4), 33D(1) or 33D(2)

and the person does not obey that direction;

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.