SCHEDULETHE LONDON LUTON AIRPORT PASSENGER TRANSIT SYSTEM BYELAWS 2021

PART 5TRAVEL AND FARES

Compulsory ticket areas18

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 tickets19

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 tickets20

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 person21

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.