Australian Capital Territory

ROAD TRANSPORT (PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES) MAXIMUM FARES DETERMINATION 2005 (No 1)

Disallowable Instrument DI 2005-32

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 2005 (No.1).

2.	Revocation

I revoke determination DI2004-117 notified under the Legislation Register on 
19 July 2004.

3.	Determination

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

4.	Payment of Fee

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

5.	Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 April 2005.

John Hargreaves
Minister for Urban Services
10 March 2005

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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 
	$2.40	$1.30	Not applicable	$0	
Transfer (cash) 
	$2.40	$1.30	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Faresaver 10 
	$21.00	$10.50	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Student Faresaver 10 	Not applicable	Not applicable	$7.50
	Not applicable	
Daily 
	$6.00	$3.00	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Shoppers off-peak daily 
	$3.50	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Concession off-peak daily 
	Not applicable	$1.30	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Weekly 
	$23.50	$11.75	Not applicable	Not applicable	
Monthly 
	$80.50	$40.20	Not applicable	Not applicable	
School term ticket
	Not applicable	Not applicable	$55.00	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.

(ii)	For a concession off-peak daily ticket only – a concession card holder is, in addition to the persons at (i) above, a person who is an ACT resident, has attained the age of 60 years and is the holder of an ACT Seniors Card.  

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(iii)	For a concession cash, concession transfer (cash), concession faresaver10, concession daily, weekly and monthly only – a concession card holder is, in addition to the persons at (i) and (ii) above, a primary school student and a secondary, college or full time tertiary student holding appropriate student identification.

Student

(i)	A Student, eligible for a student faresaver 10 or student term ticket only is a primary school student attending an ACT school; 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; 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)	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 employed by ACTION who is in uniform or holds written evidence, of a kind approved by the Chief Executive, ACTION, identifying him or her as such a person.