The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 1994

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“authorised collector” means a person authorised to be a collector by or under rules;

“compulsory ticket area” means any area at a station identified by a notice which indicates that persons may not enter that area without being able to produce a ticket or other authority authorising travel on a train arriving at or departing from that area or otherwise authorising entry into that area;

“operator”, in relation to any train, means the person having the management of that train for the time being and, in relation to any station, means the person having the management of that station for the time being, and “operated”shall be construed accordingly;

“preceding train” means a train—

(a)

by which a person travelled before changing to the train by which he is travelling, on which he is present or which he is leaving for the purposes of these Regulations; and

(b)

which was operated by the operator of the train to which that person changed;

“rules” means rules made by the Regulator under regulation 11;

“section 130” means section 130 of the Railways Act 1993.

(2) In these Regulations any reference to a person leaving a train includes a person present in or leaving a compulsory ticket area having left a train arriving at that compulsory ticket area.

(3) Where the terms on which a ticket or other authority is issued require the holder to produce on request any other document when using that ticket or other authority, any reference in these Regulations to a ticket or other authority includes such a document.

(4) In these Regulations, where the context so admits, any reference to a ticket or other authority includes a ticket or other authority valid for the class of travel used or being used by the holder of that ticket or other authority.

(5) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation shall mean the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.