NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 87

9.3.2 Group Saver

Available to parties exceeding 10 persons on the same sailing. Children count as a full member when calculating group size. Tickets are not available from The Interislander Terminals.

9.3.3 School Saver

Available for primary and secondary school students only (not tertiary) travelling as a group for education or sporting purposes. Applications should be accompanied by a list of names printed on school letterhead and signed by the headmaster or headmistress. Tickets are not available from The Interislander Terminals and not available on the day of travel.

9.3.4 School Saver Day Trips

Refer to clause 9.3.3 which applies EXCEPT that School Saver Day Trips are not available during Standard seasons and can only be booked up to 7 days ahead of travel.

9.3.5 Golden Age Saver

Available during Bargain season only. Only available to New Zealand residents (must have resided in New Zealand for the previous 12 months) that are 60 years of age and over. Passengers may be required to produce driver’s licence, birth certificate, passport or other identification as proof of age at time of booking/ticketing and time of travel. Tickets are not available from The Interislander Terminals.

9.3.6 Weekend Saver

Available between first sailing on Friday morning and last sailing on the following Monday. Available all year EXCLUDING:

• National Public Holiday Weekends.
• The Christmas Standard season (6 December 1990 – 20 February 1991).

Tickets are not available from The Interislander Terminals.

9.3.7 Weekend Saver with Vehicle

Refer to clause 9.3.6 which applies. In addition only those children 14 years and under and travelling in the family vehicle travel free.

9.3.8 Motorcycle Weekend Saver

Refer to clause 9.3.6 which applies.

9.3.9 Family Saver

Available all year for a family ticketed and sailing together. Family is defined as one or more children (aged 17 or under) accompanied by one or both parents. Tickets are not available from The Interislander Terminals.

9.3.10 Family Saver and Vehicle

Refer to clause 9.3.10 which applies. This concession fare is only available when vehicle is accompanying the family.

9.3.11 Blind Persons

Single journey Interislander tickets shall be issued at the fare specified in clause 9.2.2 and subject to the same terms and conditions as for tickets issued at full fare to blind persons and attendants upon presentation in person of a valid certificate issued by the director of the Royal Foundation for the Blind.

10. Passengers’ Baggage

10.1 Carriage of Goods Act 1979

Passengers’ baggage is carried in accordance with the provisions of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979.

10.2 Free allowance

Passengers will be granted free conveyance, subject to the provisions of clause 11, relating to checked baggage, of their bona fide personal baggage as follows:

• Per adult paying passenger—two items of baggage.
• Per child travelling at half fare—one item of baggage.
• Families travelling on family tickets (clause 5.4)—maximum of five items of baggage.
• Invalids wheelchairs (motor or hand propelled) accompanying passengers.
• Prams and pushchairs accompanying passengers.
• Bicycles accompanying passengers on the Auckland suburban system (provided accommodation is available).

10.3 Corporation’s right to determine free baggage

The Corporation reserves the right to determine whether any package or article (other than bona fide personal baggage) may be carried free as baggage under the provisions of clause 10.2. In particular, the Corporation reserves the right to levy additional charges for light and bulky packages of passengers’ baggage. The Corporation may refuse any articles which, from their bulky or objectionable character it is inexpedient to carry as passengers’ baggage. Such packages must be consigned, and will be carried and charged for at parcels or goods rates as may be appropriate.

10.3.1 Articles not accepted as free baggage:

The following articles shall not be included in a passenger’s free baggage allowance and shall be treated as excess baggage:

• Any package exceeding 100 kilograms in weight or 0.5 cubic metres in measurement,
• Bedsheads, mattresses and stretchers,
• Bicycles and power cycles,
• Bulky musical instruments,
• Carpets.