1094
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

“Conductor” means any conductor, inspector, or other duly authorised officer, employee, servant, or person for the time being in charge of any car.

“Ticket” means and includes cash fare, tickets, coupons, concession cards, passes, permits, and all other indicia purporting to authorise the holder thereof to travel upon any car.

“Tramway” means and includes any tramway for the time being within the jurisdiction and under the control and management of the Board.

“Waiting-room” shall mean and include any tramway shelter or other accommodation provided by the Board for any persons waiting for a car in which they are about to travel.

Words importing the singular number shall also include the plural number, and words importing males shall also include females.

Fares to be paid on demand and before passenger leaves.
Fares to be paid in cash or by ticket.

4. Every passenger shall on demand pay to the conductor the fare legally demandable for such passenger’s journey. If the conductor shall not have demanded such fare before the end of such passenger’s journey, then the passenger shall, before leaving, pay to the conductor the fare legally demandable for such journey. All fares must be paid either in cash or by concession or other cards or tickets purchased or obtained from the Board.

Tickets to be produced for inspection, &c., without delay.

5. Each passenger on paying his fare in cash will be furnished by the conductor with a ticket indicating the fare paid and the journey for which such fare is paid, and if a ticket is not tendered he shall request the conductor to supply one. Every passenger holding a concession card or other special ticket shall produce the same for cancellation for the passenger’s then journey or for inspection, as the case may be.

Tickets to be produced in uncrumpled condition, so as to be easily read at sight. If ticket not produced in good condition another fare to be paid.

6. Every passenger shall on demand and without delay produce and hand over, if required, his ticket to the conductor for inspection in an open and uncrumpled condition, and in an undefaced state or condition, except for the conductor’s snip or puncture, and so that the same may be plainly and easily read at sight. Any passenger failing, neglecting, or refusing to so produce his ticket for inspection or to hand the same over, if required, in the state and condition aforesaid, shall pay to the conductor the fare legally demandable for the journey being travelled by such passenger and for which he has failed, neglected, or refused to produce or hand over his ticket in an uncrumpled and undefaced condition, and so that it can plainly and easily be read at sight as aforesaid.

Damaged, dirty, or defaced tickets will not be accepted.

7. No passenger shall tender to the conductor in respect of his fare any ticket that is defaced or illegible or in such a condition that it cannot be plainly and easily read by the conductor at sight, or that has been divided, or from which any cancelled parts have been cut or taken off: no such ticket will be accepted, and the passenger so tendering any such ticket in respect of his fare shall be deemed not to have paid his fare, and shall upon demand pay to the conductor the fare legally demandable for the journey then being travelled by such passenger and in respect of which such ticket has been produced as aforesaid.

No one by any means to evade or attempt to evade payment of fare.

8. No person travelling by a car or being in or upon a car with the object of travelling thereby shall, when the conductor is collecting from the passengers generally their fares, or when called upon by such conductor to pay his fare or to produce his ticket as showing that the proper fare has been already duly paid by such passenger, produce or exhibit to the conductor a ticket which has been theretofore issued by any conductor in respect of a previous journey or in respect of any other section of the tramway or journey. Nor shall any passenger falsely represent by any means whatsoever or attempt falsely to represent to the conductor that he (the passenger) has duly paid his proper fare, nor shall any passenger by any means whatsoever evade or attempt to evade payment of the proper fare for his journey.

Additional fare to be paid for distance travelled beyond journey paid for.

9. Every person who, having paid his fare for a certain distance, proceeds in a car beyond such distance shall pay the additional fare for the additional distance.

Use of tickets, restriction.

10. All cash fare tickets except return tickets or manual training tickets shall be available only upon the trams on which the same are issued.

Sale of tickets, restriction.

11. No person other than the conductor or other employee or duly authorised officer of the Board shall sell or offer for sale any ticket purporting to entitle the purchaser or holder thereof to travel upon any car.

12. No person shall tender in payment of any fare any ticket that shall not have been purchased from the Board or from any conductor.

Only original purchaser to use “not transferable” ticket.

13. No person other than the original purchaser thereof shall use or tender in payment of any fare any ticket which shall on the face of it bear the words “Not Transferable.”

No passenger to use other person’s pass, &c.

14. No passenger shall use or attempt to use any other person’s pass, permit, special or other ticket unless the same be transferable by virtue of the conditions under which the same is issued.

Date of ticket not to be altered.

15. No person other than an officer of the Board shall alter or attempt to alter the date on any ticket, or make any obliteration thereon, or alter or attempt to alter or in any way interfere with any ticket as issued.

Expired, used, or altered tickets not to be used.

16. No person shall use or tender in payment of any fare any ticket the date of which has been improperly altered or obliterated, or after the date for which such ticket is in force has expired, or when all the journeys in respect of which such ticket is issued have been made or taken.

Restriction as to use of apprentices’ tickets, &c.

17. No person shall use any school or apprentice’s ticket, or any ticket, coupon, or concession card, or pass, or permit whatsoever otherwise than in accordance with the conditions under which the same are sold or issued.

Passenger refusing to pay fare to give his name, &c., to conductor. Offending passenger may be removed from car.

18. Any person who fails to produce his ticket when requested, or shall tender the same in a defaced or crumpled condition, or in such a condition that the whole contents of the ticket are not plainly visible to the conductor, and does not immediately upon demand pay the fare demanded of him, shall give his name, address, and occupation upon request by and to the conductor or inspector. Should such a person refuse to produce his ticket or to pay his fare the conductor or inspector may request such passenger to leave the car, and if he does not do so the conductor or inspector may (but it shall not be obligatory upon him or them to do so) remove such person from the car.

Passengers to enter and leave car on side nearest footpath.

19. Every passenger shall enter and depart from a car on the side nearest the footpath: Provided nevertheless that in rainy or stormy weather, when weather-curtains are provided, passengers may enter or leave open cars by the open or sheltered side.

Passengers not to enter or leave car while in motion or after signal to start given.

20. No person shall enter or leave or attempt to enter or leave any car whilst in motion or after the conductor has given to the motorman the signal to set the car in motion.

Passengers to travel on seat only.

21. No passenger or other person not being a servant of the Board shall travel on any car otherwise than on a seat provided for passengers.

No person to travel or loiter on steps or platform, &c.

22. No person not being a servant of the Board shall travel or loiter on the steps or platform of any car, or stand on the roof, or sit on any rail on the roof or platform of any car.

No one to get on full car.

23. When every seat in the car is occupied, no additional person shall enter, mount, or remain in or upon any such car if requested by the conductor not to do so.

Feet not to be placed on seat.

24. No person shall place his feet on any seat or part thereof in any waiting-room or car.

Smoking restriction.

25. No person shall smoke in any waiting-room or in or upon any car or apartment or platform thereof not for the time being set apart for that purpose.

As to children in smoking-apartment.

26. It shall be lawful for the conductor or any other authorised officer of the Board to remove any child or children from any smoking-car or from any part of any car set apart for smoking.

Against expectoration.

27. No person shall expectorate in or on any car or in or about any waiting-room.