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10.—(1) Without prejudice to any other power conferred by [F1 Article 66(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 [1981 NI 1] ] (power of Department to make regulations applying to public service vehicles generally or to public service vehicles of a particular class) regulations made under that section may—
(a)require a passenger—
(i)to declare, if so requested by the driver or conductor, the journey he intends to take or has taken in the vehicle, and pay the fare for the whole of such journey and to accept any ticket provided therefor; or
(ii)require a passenger to pay on entering the vehicle the correct fare whether by tokens or otherwise for the journey he intends taking;
(b)require, on demand being made for the purpose by the driver or conductor or other person authorised by the licensee of the vehicle, production during the journey by the holder thereof of any ticket issued to him;
(c)require the surrender by the holder thereof on the expiring of the period for which it is issued of a ticket issued by him;
(d)require a passenger who is reasonably suspected by the driver or conductor of contravening the regulations to give his name and address to a police constable or the driver or conductor;
(e)require a passenger, if so requested by the driver or conductor, to leave the vehicle on the completion of the journey the fare for which he has paid;
and any person who fails to comply with such a request or following a request under paragraph ( d) does not give his correct name and address shall be guilty of a contravention of the regulations.
(2) If any person—
(a)travels or attempts to travel on a public service vehicle without paying the correct fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or
(b)having paid his fare for a certain distance on a public service vehicle, knowingly proceeds by that vehicle beyond that distance without paying the additional fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or
(c)having failed to pay his fare on a public service vehicle, gives, in reply to a request by the driver or conductor of the vehicle or other authorised person or a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a false name or address,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fineF2. . . not exceeding[F2 level 3 on the standard scale].
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