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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 24

PASSENGERS

2. Application for Season Tickets which are not stocked at the station concerned must be lodged with the Department at least three clear days before the ticket is required.

3. School Season Tickets—(a) When any railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been reserved for the accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in that carriage or compartment.

(b) When no railway carriage, or compartment in a railway carriage, on any train has been reserved for the accommodation of scholars and students, school season tickets and free school season tickets shall be available only when the holder travels for the whole of the journey in a carriage or compartment or part of a carriage or compartment not reserved for smoking.

(c) School season tickets and free school season tickets are issued subject to the condition that the holder does not occupy a seat when adult passengers are standing in the same compartment. A scholar or student travelling on any such ticket who fails to give up a seat to an adult shall pay the ordinary fare for the journey.

(d) School season tickets and free school season tickets may be forfeited at the option of the Department, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder may be liable—

(i) In the event of the holder committing any offence against any terms or conditions made pursuant to the Government Railways Act 1949 governing the issue or use of such tickets; or

(ii) In the event of the holder disobeying, obstructing, or hindering any employee of the Department or damaging any railway carriage or interfering with or damaging any equipment or fittings therein, or being guilty of any other misconduct on the railway.

4. Change of Class—Any holder of a season ticket travelling in a class of carriage superior to that for which the ticket was issued must pay the difference between the appropriate single fares for the respective classes.

5. Expiry of Season Tickets—(a) Except as otherwise provided, the currency of all season tickets will commence on the first day and expire on the last day of a calendar month.

(b) Expired season tickets must be surrendered to the Department, and for this purpose may be handed to any stationmaster, guard, or ticket collector.

6. Season Tickets Issued for Broken Periods—A season ticket (sections 14 and 16) may be made available from any date provided the period of availability extends to include the succeeding full month, quarter, half year, or year. The fare for pro rata season tickets will be calculated as follows:

Monthly tickets—1/30th of the monthly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken calendar month covered by the ticket, plus the full fare for the succeeding month.

Quarterly tickets—1/90th of the quarterly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken period covered by the ticket, plus the full fare for the succeeding quarter, and subject to the half-yearly fare as a maximum.

Half-yearly tickets—1/180th of the half-yearly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken period, plus the full fare for the succeeding half-year, subject to the yearly fare as a maximum.

Yearly tickets—1/360th of the yearly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the broken period, plus the full fare for the succeeding year.

7. Torn or Defaced Season Tickets will not be recognised for travel. A charge of 30c will be made for replacing each such ticket.

8. Lost Season Tickets—(a) Should a season ticket be lost, immediate notice must be given to the Department. The holder of the original ticket shall not be entitled to a duplicate ticket, but a duplicate ticket may, at the discretion of the Department, be issued on payment of 10 percent of the value of the unexpired period for which the ticket is available. Minimum charge, 50c, maximum, $4.50.

(b) For the purpose of this paragraph the value of the unexpired period for which a season ticket is available will be calculated as follows:

Monthly tickets—1/30th of the monthly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the calendar month covered by the ticket.

Quarterly tickets—1/90th of the quarterly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the period covered by the ticket.

Half-yearly tickets—1/180th of the half-yearly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the period.

Yearly tickets—1/360th of the yearly fare for each day in the unexpired portion of the period.