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Transport (Infringements) Regulations 2010
S.R. No. 4/2010
Version incorporating amendments as at
15 June 2015
table of provisions
RegulationPage
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RegulationPage
Part 1—Preliminary
1Objectives
2Authorising provisions
3Commencement
4Revocation
5Definitions
Part 2—Infringements
6Ticket infringements
7Transport infringements
8Lower penalties for children
9APort safety infringements
10Infringement notices
11Administrative costs payable in respect of certain ticket infringements
12Proof of prior convictions
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Schedules
Schedule 1—Revoked regulations
Schedule 2—Ticket infringements
Schedule 3—Transport infringements
Schedule 4—Port safety infringements
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Endnotes
1General information
2Table of Amendments
3Amendments Not in Operation
4Explanatory details
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VersionNo. 014
Transport (Infringements) Regulations 2010
S.R. No. 4/2010
Version incorporating amendments as at
15 June 2015
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Part 1—Preliminary
Transport (Infringements) Regulations 2010
S.R. No. 4/2010
Part 1—Preliminary
1Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to—
(a)ensure that users of public transport services fairly contribute to the cost of services and behave safely and responsibly, by prescribing ticket and transport infringements including infringements for offences relating to—
(i)fare evasion;
(ii)conduct;
(iii)safe and fair use of public transport services and facilities;
(iv)taxi-cabs and commercial passenger vehicles;
(v)over-dimensional vehicles;
(vi)driver and industry accreditation; and
(vii)other transport infringements;
(b)align public transport penalties for children with the principles of fairness underlying the youth justice system by recognising that children should be treated differently from adults and prescribing different penalties for children;
(c)prescribe penalties for safety work infringements;
Reg.1(ca) insertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.4.
(ca)prescribe port safety infringements and infringement penalties in respect of those infringements;
Reg.1(cb) insertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.4.
(cb) prescribe transport safety infringements and infringement penalties in respect of those infringements;
(d)prescribe information to appear in infringement notices;
(e)prescribe the method of payment of penalties; and
Reg. 1(f) amendedby S.R. No. 105/2011 reg.4.
(f)prescribe other matters required, permitted or necessary to be prescribed by the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983.
Reg. 2 amended by S.R. Nos 133/2010 reg.38, 55/2012 reg.5.
2Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 215, 215G and 228ZZPBof the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983.
3Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 1February 2010.
4Revocation
The Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are revoked.
5Definitions
In these Regulations—
child in the case of a person who is alleged to have committed an offence, means a person who at the time of the alleged commission of the offence was under the age of 18 years;
Reg.5 def. of infringement noticeamendedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.6(1).
infringement notice means a ticket infringement notice, a transport infringement notice, transport safety infringement notice,or a safety work infringement notice for a safety work infringement;
Reg.5 def. of Noticeinsertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.6(2).
Notice means Notice No. 1 made under section15(2) of the Marine Act 1988 published in Government Gazette Number G26 on 2 July 1998 (pages 1706 to 1824) as amended from time to time;
Note
This Notice is taken to be waterway rules under section 342 of the Marine Safety Act 2010.
Reg.5 def. of safety work infringement revokedby S.R. No. 34/2014 reg.4.
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Reg. 5 def.of the Act amendedby S.R. No. 105/2011 reg.5.
the Act means the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983.
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Part 2—Infringements
6Ticket infringements
(1)For the purposes of Part VII of the Act, a ticket offence set out in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 2 is prescribed as a ticket infringement.
(2)If a person is alleged to have committed an offence against more than one of regulation 6(1), 7(2) or 9(3)of the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006[1] in respect of the same travel in a passenger vehicle within the meaning of those Regulations, for the purposes of subregulation (1) only one of those offences may be the subject of a ticket infringement notice.
(3)If a person is alleged to have committed an offence against more than one of regulation 6(2), 8(2) or 10(3) of the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006 in respect of the same entry to a designated area within the meaning of those Regulations, for the purposes of subregulation (1) only one of those offences may be the subject of a ticket infringement notice.
(4)Subject to regulation 8, for the purposes of section212(5) of the Act, the amount prescribed for a ticket infringement penalty is the amount set out in Column 4 of the Table in Schedule 2 opposite the corresponding prescribed ticket offence set out inColumn 2 of that Table.
(5)A description of a ticket offence set out in Column3 of the Table in Schedule 2 opposite an offence set out in Column2 of that Table is for convenience of reference only and does not affect the nature or elements of the offence to which a description refers or the operation of these Regulations.
7Transport infringements
(1)For the purposes of Part VII of the Act, an offence set out in Column 2 of a Table in Schedule 3 is prescribed as a transport infringement.
(2)Subject to regulation 8, for the purposes of section212(5) of the Act, the amount prescribed for a transport infringement penalty is the amount set out in Column 4 of a Table in Schedule3 opposite the corresponding prescribed offence set out inColumn 2 of that Table.
(3)A description of an offence set out in Column 3 of a Table in Schedule 3 opposite an offence set out in Column2 of that Table is for convenience of reference only and does not affect the nature or elements of the offence to which such a description refers or the operation of these Regulations.
8Lower penalties for children
(1)This regulation applies if—
(a)a child is alleged to have committed a transport infringement or ticket infringement; and
(b)an infringement penalty is prescribed for that transport infringement or ticket infringement in Column 5 of a Table in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3.
(2)For the purposes of section 212(5) of the Act, the penalty prescribed if subregulation (1) applies is the corresponding penalty set out in Column 5 of a Table in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 despite any corresponding penalty set out in Column 4.
Reg.9 revokedby S.R. No. 34/2014 reg.5.
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Reg. 9A inserted by S.R. No. 24/2011 reg. 4.
9APort safety infringements
(1)For the purposes of Division 4A of PartVIIA of the Act, an offence set out in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule 4 is prescribed as a port safety infringement.
(2)For the purposes of section 230ZBA of the Act, the amount prescribed for a port safety infringement penalty is the amount set out in Column 4 of the Table in Schedule 4 opposite the corresponding prescribed offence set out in Column 2 of that Table.
(3)A description of an offence set out in Column 3 of the Table in Schedule 4 opposite an offence set out in Column 2 of that Table is for convenience of reference only and does not affect the nature or elements of the offence to which such a description refers or the operation of these Regulations.
Reg.9B insertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.7, revoked by S.R. No. 34/2014 reg. 6.
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10Infringement notices
(1)In addition to the requirements of section 13 of the Infringements Act 2006, an infringement notice must state whether it is an infringement notice in relation to—
(a)a ticket infringement; or
(b)a transport infringement; or
Reg.10(1)(c) substitutedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.8, revoked by S.R. No. 34/2014 reg.7(1).
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Reg.10(1)(d) insertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.8, amended by S.R. No. 34/2014 reg.7(2).
(d)a port safety infringement—
Reg.10(1)(e) insertedby S.R. No. 55/2012 reg.8, revoked by S.R. No. 34/2014 reg.7(1).
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as the case requires.
(2)If—
(a)an infringement notice contains a code by which the infringement offence may be identified; and
(b)a code exists by which the infringement offence may be identified for the purpose of regulation 8—
nothing in these Regulations prevents—
(c)the application of the penalty in Column 4 of a Table in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 (as the case requires) to that infringement offence if the offence is committed by a person who is not a child, whether or not the infringement offence is identified by the code for the infringement to which regulation 8 applies; or
(d)the application of the penalty in Column 5 of a Table in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 (as the case requires) to that infringement offence if the offence is committed by a child, whether or not the infringement offence is identified by the code for the infringement to which regulation 8 applies.
Note
The requirement for infringement notices prescribed in regulation10(1) is in addition to those prescribed for the purpose of section 13 of the Infringements Act 2006by the Infringements (Reporting and Prescribed Details and Forms) Regulations 2006[2]. The Infringements (Reporting and Prescribed Details and Forms) Regulations 2006 also prescribe the form of official warnings and form of withdrawal notice.
11Administrative costs payable in respect of certain ticket infringements
For the purposes of section 213A of the Act—
(a)administrative costs may be paid to passenger transport and bus companies in respect of relevant ticket infringements; and
(b)the administrative costs permitted to be paid to a passenger transport or bus company are $30 for each infringement notice issued for a relevant ticket infringement that relates to a carriage operated by or on behalf of the company or land or premises owned, occupied or controlled by the company.
12Proof of prior convictions
(1)For the purposes of sections 214(1) and 215F(1) of the Act, the prescribed form is a document that sets out—
(a)the name and address of the person on whom the document is served; and
(b)in respect of each alleged prior conviction or finding of guilt—
(i)a statement of the court at which the person is alleged to have been convicted or found guilty; and
(ii)the date of the alleged conviction or finding; and
(iii)a short description of the alleged offence; and
(iv)a short description of the penalty imposed.
Note
Sections 214(1) and 215F of the Act require this form to be signed by the informant.
(2)For the purposes of sections 214(2) and 215F(2) of the Act, the prescribed form of notice is a document that states that if a person is served with a document setting out particulars of alleged prior convictions or findings of guilt, that document is admissible as evidence of those convictions and findings of guilt if—
(a)the person does not appear in answer to the summons for an infringement served with that document; and
(b)the person is convicted or found guilty of the infringement alleged in the summons.
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Schedules
Schedule 1
Regulation 4
Revoked regulations
S.R. No. / Title112/1999 / Transport (Infringements) Regulations 1999
28/2004 / Transport (Infringements) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
90/2004 / Transport (Infringements) (Penalties) Regulations 2004
19/2005 / Transport (Infringements) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
137/2005 / Transport (Infringements) (Tow Truck) Regulations 2005
10/2006 / Transport (Infringements) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
138/2006 / Transport (Infringements) (Further Amendment) Regulations 2006
20/2007 / Transport (Infringements) (Penalties) Regulations 2007
70/2007 / Transport (Infringements) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
72/2008 / Transport (Infringements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
134/2008 / Transport (Infringements) Amendment (Obsolete Offences) Regulations 2008
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Schedule 2
Regulations 6, 8 and 10
Ticket infringements
Column 1Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006
1 / reg. 6(1), reg.6(2) / Failing to hold valid ticket / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3104 (adult)
3275 (child)
2 / reg. 7(2), reg.8(2) / Failing to produce valid ticket / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3106 (adult)
3276 (child)
3 / reg. 9(3), reg.10(3) / Failing to produce evidence of concession / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3100 (adult)
3277 (child)
4 / reg. 17(1) / Transferring ticket to another person / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3103 (adult)
3278 (child)
5 / reg. 19(2) / Failing to surrender ticket / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3279 (adult)
3280 (child)
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Schedule 3
Regulations 7, 8 and 10
Transport infringements
Sch.3 Table1 amended by S.R. No. 105/2011 reg.6(a).
TABLE 1
General (Name and Address)
Column 1Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
Transport (Compliance and Miscell-aneous) Act1983
6 / s.218B(4)(a) / Failing or refusing to give name and address / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3124 (adult)
3281 (child)
7 / s.218B(4)(b), s.218B(4)(c) / Stating incorrect name or address / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3123 (adult)
3282 (child)
8 / s. 218B(6B) / Failing to provide evidence of name and address, without reasonable excuse / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3283 (adult)
3284 (child)
Sch. 3 Table 2 amended by S.R. Nos 133/2010 reg.39, 105/2011 reg.6(b), 1/2014 reg.6, 149/2014 reg.10.
TABLE 2
General Conduct Affecting Amenity
Column 1Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
Transport (Compliance and Miscell-aneous) Act1983
9 / s. 223 / Trespassing / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3122 (adult)
8223 (child)
Transport (Conduct) Regulations 2005[3]
10 / reg. 11(2) / Failing to vacate a seat to enable it to be occupied by a person with special needs / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3285 (adult)
8224 (child)
11 / reg. 12(2) / Student failing to vacate seat when requested to do so / 05 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3286
12 / reg. 13 / Continuing to occupy unreserved seat when requested to make seat available / 098 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3158 (adult)
8225 (child)
13 / reg. 14(1) / Travelling in a rail or road vehicle contrary to any conditions of travel unless permission is obtained / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3287 (adult)
8226 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
14 / reg. 15 / Failing to place luggage as directed by authorised person / 05 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3126 (adult)
8227 (child)
15 / reg. 16
reg. 17(3) / Playing a musical instrument or sound equipment / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3121 (adult)
8228 (child)
16 / reg. 18 / Gambling in unlicensed vehicle / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3288 (adult)
8229 (child)
17 / reg. 19(1) / Selling, offering for hire or touting / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3127 (adult)
8230 (child)
18 / reg.19(2) / Distributing handbills, soliciting money or goods or busking / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3120 (adult)
8231 (child)
19 / reg. 20(1) / Taking animal onto or into a rail or road vehicle or rail premises / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3236 (adult)
8232 (child)
20 / reg. 20(4) / Failing to remove matter emanating from dog or other animal or from the animal's container / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3237 (adult)
8233 (child)
21 / reg. 21 / Allowing dog to occupy seat or preventing another person from using the seat / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3289 (adult)
8234 (child)
22 / reg. 24(1) / Drinking liquor on any vehicle or premises / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3144 (adult)
8235 (child)
23 / reg. 24(2) / Possessing open container of liquor / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3223 (adult)
8236 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
24 / reg. 24A(1) / Smoking in or on rolling stock, a tram stop shelter or bus stop shelter, train platform, designated area other than a train platform, or tram stop platform / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3140 (adult)
8237 (child)
25 / reg. 24A(2) / Smoking on public transport property where notice prohibiting smoking is displayed / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3238 (adult)
8238 (child)
26 / reg. 25(1) / Littering on a vehicle or premises / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3156 (adult)
8239 (child)
27 / reg. 25(3) / Leaving or depositing any thing in or on a vehicle or premises that may endanger any person or property / 2 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3290 (adult)
8240 (child)
28 / reg. 26(1) / Spitting in, at or on a public transport vehicle or public transport premises / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 8963(adult)
8964(child)
29 / reg. 26(2) / Spitting at or on people / 25 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 8965(adult)
8966(child)
30 / reg. 27 / Graffiti / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3200 (adult)
8243 (child)
31 / reg. 27A / Scratching or burning a rail or road vehicle or rail premises / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3239 (adult)
8244 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
32 / reg. 27B(1) / Placing feet other than on the floor or a part of a rail or road vehicle designed for the placing of feet / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3205 (adult)
8245 (child)
33 / reg. 27B(2) / Placing feet on furniture of a passenger transport company / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3242 (adult)
8246 (child)
34 / reg. 30(1) / Conveying or bringing any thing likely to annoy or disturb / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3291 (adult)
8247 (child)
35 / reg. 30(2) / Conveying or bringing any thing likely to injure or endanger people or property / 2 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3292 (adult)
8248 (child)
36 / reg. 30(3) / Failing to obey instructions to desist from carrying thing likely to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger / 3 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3293 (adult)
8249 (child)
37 / reg. 31 / Protruding part of body or object from rail or road vehicle while vehicle is in motion / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3187 (adult)
8250 (child)
38 / reg. 32 / Throwing or dropping any thing from vehicle or premises / 2 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3294 (adult)
8251 (child)
39 / reg. 54(2) / Failing to comply with request to leave vehicle or premises / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3105 (adult)
8252 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
39A / r. 57(1) / Leaving a motor vehicle parked in a public transport parking area without using public transport / 06 penalty units / 8975
39B / r. 62(1) / Removing a motor vehicle from a public transport parking area without having used public transport / 06 penalty units / 8976
39C / r. 63(3) / Failing to comply with request to produce a valid ticket when removing a motor vehicle from a public transport parking area / 06 penalty units / 8977
39D / r. 69(6) / Failing to comply with direction relating to parking of motor vehicle at, or removal of motor vehicle from, designated park and ride facility / 0.5 penalty units / 8978
Sch. 3 Table 3 amended by S. R. Nos41/2010 reg.3(1)(2), 105/2011 reg.6(c).
TABLE 3
General Conduct Affecting Safety
Column 1Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
Transport (Compliance and Miscell-aneous) Act1983
40 / s. 221ZD(1) / Mounting part of vehicle not meant for travel / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3168 (adult)
8253 (child)
41 / s. 221ZD(2) / Walking or climbing on any part of rail premises not intended for passenger use / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3169 (adult)
8254 (child)
42 / s. 221ZE(1) / Travelling on part of vehicle not meant for travel / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3170 (adult)
8255 (child)
43 / s. 221ZE(2) / Attaching self or another person to rail or road vehicle when riding a bicycle or other wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy / 1 penalty unit / 05 penalty units / 3295 (adult)
8256 (child)
44 / reg. 28(a) / Using indecent, obscene, offensive or threatening language / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3147 (adult)
8257 (child)
45 / reg. 28(b) / Behaving in an obscene, offensive, threatening, disorderly or riotous manner / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3178 (adult)
8258 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
Transport (Conduct) Regulations 2005
46 / reg. 33 / Creating an obstruction / 196 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3146 (adult)
8259 (child)
47 / reg. 34(2)(a), reg. 34(2)(c) / Exiting or entering through wrong doorway or other than through entrance or exit provided for passengers or the public / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3149 (adult)
8260 (child)
48 / reg. 34(2)(b) / Entering or leaving road vehicle on wrong side / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3190 (adult)
8261 (child)
49 / reg. 34(2)(d) / Entering or leaving a vehicle through an emergency exit / 2 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3296 (adult)
8262 (child)
50 / reg. 34(3) / Jumping or climbing over barrier / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3243 (adult)
8263 (child)
51 / reg. 34A(1) / Entering or leaving a road or rail vehicle while vehicle is in motion / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3186 (adult)
8264 (child)
52 / reg. 34A(2) / Stepping, standing, sitting, kneeling or lying on or holding onto an exterior part of a rail vehicle while vehicle is in motion / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3244 (adult)
8265 (child)
Column 1
Item / Column 2
Prescribed offence / Column 3
Short description of offence / Column 4
Infringement penalty / Column 5
Infringement penalty (child) / Column 6
Code
53 / reg. 34A(3) / Entering onto part of rail vehicle not designed for carriage while vehicle is in motion / 245 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3245 (adult)
8266 (child)
54 / reg. 35 / Riding bicycle, etc. on vehicle or premises / 147 penalty units / 05 penalty units / 3128 (adult)
8267 (child)
55 / reg. 36(1) / Driving riding or parking on any part of rail premises not set aside for the use of vehicles / 2 penalty units / 3297
56 / reg. 36(2) / Failing to obey parking control signs on rail premises / 05 penalty units / 2487
57 / reg. 36(2A) / Failing to obey traffic control devices on rail premises / 147 penalty units / 3175
58 / reg. 36(4) / Parking a vehicle on rail premises so as to cause an obstruction / 147 penalty units / 3225
59 / reg. 36(5) / Failing to comply with direction when driving, riding or parking a vehicle on rail premises / 05 penalty units / 3153
Sch. 3 Table 4 amended by S.R. Nos41/2010 reg.3(3), 105/2011 reg.6(d).