AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR OMNIBUS FARES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 19 of 1981

	The Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (Amendment) amends the Motor Omnibus Fares Regulations (the Principal Regulations) to provide for unemployed persons to travel at the same concessional rates as pensioners and for immigrant students, student nurses and tertiary students to travel at the same concessional rates as children and school students.  It also provides for a weekly concessional ticket at a concessional rate of $2.40 for all those specified classes of persons.

	Regulation 1 amends regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations to extend the ordinary fares applicable to children and school students to tertiary students, immigrant students and student nurses.

	Regulation 2 amends regulation 6A of the Principal Regulations to extend the provision of daily tickets at a concessional rate to tertiary students, immigrant students, student nurses and unemployed persons.

	Regulation 3 inserts a new regulation 6AA in the Principal Regulations to provide that the price for a weekly ticket for children, school students, tertiary students, immigrant students, student nurses, pensioners and unemployed persons in $2.40.

	Regulation 4 amends regulation 6B of the Principal Regulations to extend the availability of monthly tickets to immigrant students, student nurses and unemployed persons in addition to children, school students, pensioners and tertiary students.  Regulation 4 also amends regulation 6B to provide that the price of a monthly ticket for persons in each of these classes is $8.00.

	Regulation 5 amends regulation 6D of the Principal Regulations to provide books of tickets at concessional rates to tertiary students, immigrant students and student nurses at the same prices as for children and school students and to provide books of tickets at concessional rates to unemployed persons at the same prices as for pensioners.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations to extend the ordinary fares applicable to pensioners to unemployed persons.