Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares Determination 2007 (No 1)

Disallowable Instrument DI 2007 - 307

made under the

Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, s 23 (Regular route services – power to determine maximum fares)

1	Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Maximum Fares Determination 2007 (No.1).

2	Revocation

I revoke determination DI2006-106 notified on the Legislation Register on 
15 June 2006.

3	Determination

	I determine that the maximum fares payable on regular route services provided by ACTION shall be as specified in Schedule 1.

4	Retrospectivity

No persons’ rights have been prejudicially affected, nor any liabilities imposed on any person.

5	Payment of Fee

A fee to which this determination applies is payable by a customer for use of ACTION bus services and is payable to ACTION or an authorised agent of ACTION.

6	Commencement

This instrument commences on 29 October 2007.

John Hargreaves
Minister for Territory and Municipal Services

10 December 2007

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PART A:  FARES SCHEDULE

Ticket type	Fare	Fare for a Concession Card Holder 	Fare for a Student 	Fare for an Exempt Person 	
Cash 
	$3.00	$1.50	$1.50	$0	
Transfer (cash) 
	$3.00	$1.50	$1.50	Not applicable	
Faresaver 10 
	$22.00	$11.00	$11.00	Not applicable	
Student Faresaver 10 	Not applicable	Not applicable	$8.20	Not applicable	
Daily 
	$6.60	$3.30	$3.30	Not applicable	
Shoppers off-peak daily 
	$4.10	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Concession off-peak daily 
	Not applicable	$1.40	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Weekly 
	$24.60	$12.30	$12.30	Not applicable	
Monthly 
	$82.00	$41.00	$41.00	Not applicable	
School term ticket
	Not applicable	Not applicable	$56.00	Not applicable	

PART B:  INTERPRETATION

Ticket Types

Cash – a paper receipt issued on boarding a regular route service, that allows a person to complete a journey on that vehicle. 

Transfer (cash) ticket – when purchased, upon boarding a regular route service, allows a person to transfer to another bus or buses free of charge provided this occurs within 90 minutes of first validating the ticket on the first bus. 

Faresaver 10 ticket – provides 10 rides on regular route services and includes a transfer free of further charge to another bus or buses provided this occurs within 90 minutes of validating the ticket on the first bus.  

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Student Faresaver 10 ticket – provides 10 rides on regular route services within the period of a school term or tertiary semester, not including a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday and includes a transfer free of further charge to another bus or buses provided this occurs within 90 minutes of validating the ticket on the first bus.

Daily ticket – applies on the day when the ticket is validated and provides unlimited journeys on regular route services.  

Shoppers off-peak daily ticket – applies on the day when the ticket is validated and provides journeys on weekdays between 9.00 am to 4.30 pm and after 6 pm, and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays on regular route services. 

Concession off-peak daily ticket – applies on the day when the ticket is validated and provides unlimited journeys on weekdays between 9.00 am to 4.30 pm and after 6 pm, and all day Saturday, Sunday and public holidays on regular route services.

Weekly ticket – provides unlimited travel on regular route services for a period of seven (7) days commencing on the day the ticket is first validated.

Monthly ticket – provides unlimited travel on regular route services during a period of a month commencing on the day the ticket is first validated.

School term ticket – provides a student with unlimited travel within a period of a school term but not including a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday. 

Each Cash, Transfer (cash), Faresaver 10, and Student Faresaver 10 ticket applies to a journey to the terminus of the route for which the ticket was purchased.

Concession Card Holder

A concession card holder is:

(i)	an ACT resident who is the holder of:

•	a card issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs commonly known as a “Pensioner Concession Card”; or
•	an ACTION Concession Card issued by Centrelink based on the person holding a “Health Care Card Low Income” or a “Health Care Card”; or
•	a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card; or
•	an ACT Seniors Card.

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Student

(i)	A Student, eligible for a student faresaver 10 or student term ticket only is a primary school student attending an ACT school; a student registered for home schooling under the Education Act 2004; or a student who holds an appropriate student card identifying the person as:

(a)	a secondary school or college student attending an ACT school ;

(b)	an international student attending an ACT school; or

(c)	a full time student attending an ACT accredited tertiary education institution, not including a person who is a member of the Defence Force and who undertakes at least 15 hours per week class time. 

(ii)	A Student, eligible for a concession cash, concession transfer (cash), concession faresaver 10, concession daily, weekly and monthly only is a primary school student; a student registered for home schooling under the Education Act 2004; or a student who holds an appropriate student card identifying the person as:

(a)	a secondary school or college student;

(b)	an international student; or

(c)	a full time student attending an accredited tertiary education institution, not including a person who is a member of the Defence Force and who undertakes at least 15 hours per week class time. 

Exempt Person

An exempt person is:

(i)	an ACT resident who holds a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card embossed with TPI or EDA and, where that person is accompanied by an attendant, the attendant; 

(ii)	an interstate resident who holds a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Card embossed with TPI or EDA and has applied for and been approved as an exempt person, and where that person is accompanied by an attendant, the attendant;

(iii)	a World War I veteran; 

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(iii)	a World War I veteran’s spouse, or a person who was, at the time of the veteran’s death, living with the veteran as the veteran’s spouse on a permanent and bona fide basis although not legally married to the veteran;

(iv)	a person wearing or displaying war service medals on the 25th day of April in any year;

(v)	during Seniors Week on Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 4.30pm and after 6.00pm, a person who holds an ACT Seniors Card;

(vi)	any person on the 25th day of December in any year;

(vii)	a person who has been assessed as legally blind and holds a vision impaired pass or an ACTION annual ticket and, where that person is accompanied by an attendant, the attendant; 

(viii)	a person who has not attained the age of five years, is not occupying a seat in the bus and is in the care and custody of a person apparently over the age of eight years who assures the driver or inspector that the first mentioned person has not attained the age of five years;

(ix)	a person who is a sworn member of ACT Policing (Australian Federal Police) and in their official capacity who holds evidence identifying him or her as such a person; and

(x)	A person riding on an ACTION bus who has placed a bike on the bike rack provided by ACTION buses for that service where that bike conforms with ACTION’s requirements for bikes that may utilise the bike rack.