AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

AMENDMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH MOTOR OMNIBUS FARES REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 11 of 1956

	The fares charged for children travelling to and from schools in the Territory have remained at one penny per journey since the inception of the service.  Other fares have been increased to meet the increased costs and the revenue from these fares on school buses in now out of all proportion to the cost of maintaining the service.

	These amendments to the Regulations provide that the fare for children travelling to and from school during the week and to or from Sunday-school or a church service shall be threepence.

	The Regulations are amended to provide also that a child under the age of five years (normally exempted from paying a fare) shall be charged threepence when travelling in an omnibus provided specially for school children travelling to or from school.