PART 5TRAVEL AND FARES
Compulsory ticket areas
18.—(1) A person must not enter a compulsory ticket area on the passenger transit system unless that person has a valid ticket.
(2) A person must hand over a ticket for inspection and verification of validity when asked to do so by an authorised person.
(3) A person is not in breach of byelaw 18(1) or (2) if—
(a)there were no facilities in working order for the issue of any ticket at the time when and at the station where the journey began;
(b)there was a notice at the station where the person’s journey began permitting journeys to be started without a valid ticket; or
(c)the operator or an authorised person gave the person permission to travel without a valid ticket.
Altering tickets and use of altered tickets
19.—(1) A person must not alter any ticket in any way with the intent that the operator will be defrauded or prejudiced.
(2) A person must not knowingly use, or knowingly attempt to use, any ticket which has been altered in any way in breach of byelaw 19(1).
Unauthorised buying or selling of tickets
20.—(1) Subject to byelaw 20(2), a person must not—
(a)sell or buy any ticket;
(b)lend, transfer or receive any unused or partly used ticket intending that any person will use it for travelling, unless the conditions of use for the ticket specifically permit such a loan, transfer or receipt; or
(c)knowingly use any ticket which has been obtained in breach of this byelaw.
(2) Byelaw 20(1) does not apply to—
(a)the sale, transfer or loan by; or
(b)the purchase or other receipt from,
the operator or an authorised person or from an authorised ticket machine.
(3) A person who attempts to breach byelaw 20(1) is liable to the same penalties under the byelaws as is a person who has breached that byelaw.
Fares offences committed on behalf of another person
21. A person must not—
(a)buy a ticket on behalf of another person; or
(b)transfer or produce a ticket on behalf of another person,
with the intention of enabling that other person to travel without having paid the correct fare.