S.L. 499.56 Art. 68GPayment of fare.

(1) No passenger shall travel on a motor route bus:

(a) without having paid the applicable fare prior to boarding the motor route bus or without paying the applicable fare upon boarding the motor route bus;

(b) if they are not in possession of a valid personalised public transport card issued in their name, or a valid non-personalised public transport card, or a valid public transport ticket;

(c) if they do not have sufficient credit, or a sufficient cash balance, or sufficient journeys available in their public transport card to use the public passenger transport services;

(d) if they have not validated the personalised public transport card, the non-personalised public transport card, or the public transport ticket upon boarding the motor route bus.

(2) Any passenger on a motor route bus who is found in breach of sub-regulation (1) shall, on the demand of the driver or the motor route bus inspector or an authorised officer of the Authority, pay the fare together with a penalty of fifty euro (€50). The driver or the motor route bus inspector shall, upon receiving payment from the passenger, provide a receipt to the passenger. The authorised officer of the Authority shall have the power to take all such necessary measures in order to demand and obtain the payment of the fare and, or penalty fare from any passenger who is in breach of sub-regulation (1). Any passenger who is in breach of sub-regulation (1) and fails to pay the fare and, or the penalty fare shall be guilty of an offence. The authorised officer of the Authority shall have the power to demand and obtain from any passenger who is in breach of sub-regulation (1) and who refuses to pay the appropriate fare and, or the penalty fare, information relating to the identity of such person for the purposes of taking legal action against that passenger in terms of these regulations. Any passenger who refuses to give such information to an authorised officer of the Authority shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) The fares payable by passengers for a public passenger transport service on a motor route bus which is scheduled to depart from the point of origin of the route and which is operated according to the scheduled time of operation for the respective public passenger transport route, shall in no case be higher than the maximum fares established under the Twelfth Schedule..