The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015

Amendment of Regulations

7.—(1) Regulation 7 (the conduct of passengers) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraphs (1) and (5), for the word “ticket” in each place in which it appears, substitute the words “travel mandate”.

(3) For paragraph (2)(b)(i), substitute—

“(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”.

(4) In paragraph (2)(b)(ii), omit “shall”.

(5) For paragraph (2)(c), substitute—

“(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;”.

(6) For paragraph (2)(e), substitute—

“(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”.

(7) For paragraph (2)(f), substitute—

“(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.”

(8) After paragraph (5) add—

“(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(1); 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.”

(1)

2000 c. 38. Section 145A was substituted, for section 145 as originally enacted, by the Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 (c. 13), section 1. Section 145B was inserted by the 2007 Act, Schedule 2, paragraphs 10 and 11.