The Blackpool Tramway (Blackpool North Extension) Order 2017

Interpretation of Part 5

50.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“authorised person” means, in relation to any purpose, a person authorised for that purpose by the promoter;

“fare ticket” means a ticket authorising the person in respect of whom it is issued to travel on a tramcar;

“general travel authority” means any permit, other than a fare ticket, authorising the person in respect of whom it is issued to travel on a tramcar;

“passenger” means a person travelling on a tramcar;

“penalty fare” means a penalty fare payable pursuant to article 52 (penalty fares);

“the penalty fare provisions” means articles 50 to 57; and

“tram system stop” means a station or other regular stopping place on the authorised tram system at which passengers may get on or off tramcars.

(2) Any reference in this Part to a passenger producing a fare ticket or general travel authority on being required to do so by an authorised person is a reference to producing, when so required, a fare ticket or general travel authority which, either by itself or together with any other document produced by that passenger at the same time, is valid for the journey made by the passenger.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a passenger who is on a tramcar is taken to have made a journey ending at the next scheduled tram system stop.