Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(ACT Bus reg 22, NSW Bus cl 27)
(1) A person must not travel in a bus using a concession ticket unless the person is entitled to use the concession ticket.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) A bus driver, police officer or authorised person may require a person who uses (or attempts to use) a concession ticket to travel on a bus to produce satisfactory evidence (for example, a student or pensioner concession card) that the person is entitled to use the ticket to travel on the bus.
(3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under subregulation (2).
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4) A person may not be prosecuted for offences against both subregulation (1) and subregulation (3) in relation to the same journey.
(5) For this regulation, a person is entitled to use a concession ticket for travel on a bus service if the accredited operator of the bus service has authorised the person to use the concession ticket.
(6) A person must not provide a document containing information that is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular—
(a) in relation to an application for a concession ticket; or
(b) in purported compliance with a requirement under subregulation (2).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(7) A person must not in or in relation to an application for a concession ticket or in purported compliance with a requirement under subregulation (2)—
(a) state anything that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) omit from a statement anything without which the statement is misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(8) In this regulation:
"concession ticket" means a bus ticket issued free or at a reduced fare.