The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) Regulations 1990

7.—(1) No passenger on a vehicle being used for the carriage of passengers at separate fares shall use any [F1 ticket] [F1 travel mandate] which has–

(a) been altered or defaced;

(b) been issued for use by another person on terms that it is not transferable; or

(c) expired.

(2) Save as provided in paragraph (3), every passenger on a vehicle being used for the carriage of passengers at separate fares shall–

(a) declare, if so requested by the driver, inspector or conductor, the journey which he intends to take, is taking or has taken in the vehicle;

(b) where the vehicle is being operated by the driver without a conductor–

[F2 (i) save as provided in (ii) below, immediately on boarding the vehicle, pay the fare for the journey he intends to take to the driver or, where appropriate, by inserting in any fare-collection equipment provided on the vehicle the money or token required to pay that fare; or]

[F2 (i) save as provided in sub-paragraph (ii), as soon as reasonably practicable after boarding the vehicle—

(aa) pay to the driver the fare for the journey he intends to take;

(bb) if the vehicle is provided with fare-collection equipment, other than smart equipment, insert in that equipment the money or token required to pay the fare;

(cc) if he claims to be entitled to any statutory travel concession, or other concession, in respect of the fare, produce to the driver the statutory travel concession permit, or other permit, issued to him in respect of that concession;

(dd) if the vehicle is provided with smart equipment and any condition of carriage of the operator requires a passenger to present a smart medium which has been issued to that passenger, comply with that condition and any direction as to that requirement given by the driver, an inspector or by any notice displayed on the vehicle; or]

(ii) if otherwise directed by the driver, an inspector or a notice displayed on the vehicle, [F3 shall] pay the fare for his journey in accordance with the direction;

[F4 (c) where the vehicle is being operated by the driver with a conductor, pay the fare for the journey which he intends to take, is taking, or has taken in the vehicle to the conductor immediately on being requested to do so by the conductor or an inspector;]

[F4 (c) where the vehicle is being operated by the driver with a conductor—

(i) pay the fare for the journey which he intends to take, is taking, or has taken in the vehicle to the conductor,

(ii) if he claims to be entitled to any statutory travel concession, or other concession, in respect of the fare, produce to the conductor the statutory travel concession permit, or other permit, issued to him in respect of that concession,

immediately on being requested to do so by the conductor or an inspector;]

(d) accept and retain for the rest of his journey any ticket which is provided on payment of a fare in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) or (c);

[F5 (e) produce during his journey any ticket which has been issued to him either under sub-paragraph (d) or before he started his journey for inspection by the driver, inspector or conductor on being requested to do so by the driver, inspector or conductor; and]

[F5 (e) produce during his journey any travel mandate which authorises him to take that journey for inspection by the driver, inspector or conductor on being requested to do so by the driver, inspector or conductor; and]

[F6 (f) as soon as he has completed the journey for which he has a ticket, either–

(i) leave the vehicle; or

(ii) pay the fare for any further journey which he intends to take on the vehicle.]

[F6 (f) as soon as he has completed the journey in respect of which he has paid the fare, produced a permit or presented a smart medium, either—

(i) leave the vehicle; or

(ii) pay the fare, produce a permit or present a smart medium in respect of any further journey which he intends to take on the vehicle.]

(3) Paragraph (2)(b) and (c) do not apply to a passenger who has with him a ticket which was issued to him before his journey in respect of that journey, provided he complies with all such directions in relation to the ticket as may be–

(a) printed on the ticket;

(b) displayed on the vehicle; or

(c) given by the driver, inspector or conductor.

(4) Any passenger who–

(a) fails to comply with paragraph 2(b) or (c); or

(b) does not have with him a ticket which was issued to him before his journey in respect of that journey;

shall pay the fare for his journey to the driver, inspector or conductor on request and in any case before he leaves the vehicle unless otherwise agreed by the driver, inspector or conductor.

(5) Any passenger on a vehicle being used for the carriage of passengers at separate fares who has with him a [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate] which he is not entitled to retain for any reason including–

(a) the alteration or defacement of the [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate];

(b) the fact that the [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate], having been issued for use by another person, was not transferable to him;

(c) the expiry of the [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate]; or

(d) a mistake in consequence of which the [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate] was issued;

shall surrender the [F7 ticket] [F7 travel mandate] to a driver, inspector or conductor on being required to do so.

[F8 (6) For the purposes of this regulation—

“present” means—

(a)

insert a smart medium in,

(b)

swipe a smart medium against,

(c)

touch a smart medium upon, or

(d)

otherwise apply a smart medium to,

smart equipment, in a manner which enables the smart medium to interact with the smart equipment;

“smart equipment” means any electronic equipment which is capable of interacting with any smart medium for the purpose of—

(a)

authorising a passenger to take the journey which that passenger intends to take;

(b)

paying the fare for that journey; or

(c)

evidencing entitlement to any concession in respect of that fare;

“smart medium” means any electronically enabled medium capable of interacting with smart equipment;

“statutory travel concession” means any concession to which the holder of any statutory travel concession permit is entitled;

“statutory travel concession permit” means a statutory travel concession permit within the meaning of section 145A(3) or 145B(11) of the Transport Act 2000; and

“travel mandate” means—

(a)

a smart medium, or

(b)

a ticket, a statutory travel concession permit, or other permit, none of which is a smart medium,

together with any related form of identification.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(2)

F2 Reg. 7(2)(b)(i) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(3)

F3 Word in reg. 7(2)(b)(ii) omitted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by virtue of The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(4)

F4 Reg. 7(2)(c) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(5)

F5 Reg. 7(2)(e) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(6)

F6 Reg. 7(2)(f) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(7)

F7 Words in reg. 7(5) substituted (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(2)

F8 Reg. 7(6) added (E.W.) (30.6.2015) by The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/888), regs. 1(b), 7(8)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 1.6.1990, see reg. 1