Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regular Route Services Maximum Fares Determination 2009 (No 2)
Disallowable Instrument DI2009 -68
made under the
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001, s 23 (Regular route services – power to determine maximum fares)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Under section 23 of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001 the Minister may determine maximum fares and ways of calculating maximum fares, payable by passengers on regular route services.

This instrument revokes Disallowable Instrument DI2009-24 (Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regular Route Services Maximum Fares Determination 2009 (No 1)).  This instrument increases ACTION fares by an average 11.3 percent. The instrument also introduces the following changes:

•	The fares to be paid by full time tertiary students have been set in line with concession fares, rather than school student fares; and

•	the fare exemption for cyclists using free bicycle racks on ACTION buses has been removed.

These changes are consistent with the Government’s announcement on ACTION bus fares made as part of the 2009-10 ACT Budget.

This instrument commences on 1 July 2009.