Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) In these Regulations—
"appropriate written authorisation" means written authorisation from—
(a) in relation to a public transport vehicle, the passenger transport company, rail freight operator or bus company that operates the public transport vehicle; or
(b) in relation to public transport premises, the owner or occupier of the public transport premises;
"authorised officer" has the same meaning as in section 208 of the Act;
"authorised person (conduct)" means—
(a) an authorised officer; or
(b) a police officer; or
(c) a protective services officer; or
(d) a person employed by a passenger transport company or a bus company who has duties in relation to the issue, inspection or collection of tickets for travel in, or the operation of, a passenger vehicle; or
(e) any other person appointed in writing by a passenger transport company or bus company or rail freight operator, Rail Track, or the Secretary or the Public Transport Development Authority for the purposes of these Regulations; or
(f) if a bus company is a natural person, that person;
"bicycle" has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
"bus premises" has the same meaning as in the Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014 ;
"designated area" has the same meaning as in the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006;
"designated park and ride facility" means a park and ride facility within the meaning of the Road Safety Act 1986 that is located at or adjacent to a railway station specified in Schedule 1;
"designated special needs seat" means a seat designated for use by a person with special needs;
"designated tramway tracks" means—
(a) the tramway tracks that run from the Whiteman Street tram stop to the St Kilda Station tram stop; or
(b) the tramway tracks that run from the Whiteman Street tram stop to the Port Melbourne tram stop;
"exempt vehicle" means—
(a) a taxi-cab within the meaning of section 86(1) of the Act; or
(b) a hire car within the meaning of section 86(1) of the Act; or
(c) an emergency vehicle within the meaning of the Road Rules; or
(d) an enforcement vehicle within the meaning of the Road Rules; or
(e) an escort vehicle within the meaning of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009; or
(f) a public bus within the meaning of the Road Rules;
"level crossing" means—
(a) an area where a road and a railway meet at substantially the same level, whether or not there is a level crossing sign on the road at all or any of the entrances to the area; or
(b) an area where a road and tramway tracks meet at substantially the same level and that has a level crossing sign on the road at each entrance to the area.
Diagram 1: Level crossing sign
Diagram 2: Level crossing sign
"metropolitan train" means a train—
(a) powered by electricity that operates on the metropolitan rail network; or
(b) operated for the purpose of a rail service running between the Frankston railway station and the Stony Point railway station;
"motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
"park "has the same meaning as in Part 12 of the Road Rules;
"passenger vehicle "has the same meaning as in the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006;
"pedestrian" includes—
(a) a person in a motorised wheelchair that cannot travel at a speed of more than 10 kilometres per hour (on level ground); and
(b) a person in a non-motorised wheelchair; and
(c) a person pushing a motorised or non-motorised wheelchair;
"person with special needs" means—
(a) a person who, because of age, disability, illness or pregnancy has a special need to travel in a seat; or
(b) the carer of a person referred to in paragraph (a), if that person has a need for the carer's continuing or immediate assistance;
"protective services officer" has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013 ;
"public transport parking area "means the area of a designated park and ride facility other than any area of the facility to which any of the following parking control signs applies at any time—
(a) a bus zone sign within the meaning of the Road Rules;
(b) a permit zone sign within the meaning of the Road Rules;
(c) a taxi zone sign within the meaning of the Road Rules;
"public transport premises" means—
(a) railway premises; or
(b) bus premises;
"public transport vehicle" means a train, a tram or a bus operated by a passenger transport company, a rail freight operator or a bus company;
"railway premises" means any land, building, premises or structure owned, occupied or leased by—
(a) a passenger transport company in connection with its capacity as a provider of a passenger service; or
(b) a rail freight operator in connection with its capacity as a provider of a rail freight service; or
(c) Rail Track; or
(d) Public Transport Development Authority;
"railway" track means a railway track used by a passenger transport company or rail freight operator to operate a railway for the carriage of passengers or freight;
"Road Rules" means the Road Safety Road Rules 2009;
"stop "has the same meaning as in Part 12 of the Road Rules;
"the Act" means the Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 ;
"ticket "has the same meaning as in the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006;
"tow truck" has the same meaning as in the Accident Towing Services Act 2007 ;
"train "includes a single carriage (whether powered or not) which does not form part of a set or series of carriages;
"tram stop platform "means a tram stop that has a raised platform other than where the platform forms part of a road;
"tramway track "has the same meaning as in section 221U of the Act;" "
"valid ticket "means a ticket that was valid, in accordance with the Transport (Ticketing) Regulations 2006, for the whole of a person's travel in a passenger vehicle;
"vehicle" means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not it is capable of being so propelled or drawn, and includes—
(a) a motor vehicle;
(b) a trailer;
(c) a bicycle;
(d) an air-cushion vehicle;
(e) an animal that is being ridden or that is drawing a vehicle;
(f) a combination of vehicles consisting of a motor vehicle connected to one or more vehicles—
but does not include—
(g) a wheelchair other than a motorised wheelchair capable of a speed of 10 kilometres per hour or more; or
(h) a wheeled recreational device; or
(i) a wheeled toy;
"wheelchair" has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
"wheeled recreational device" has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;
"wheeled toy" has the same meaning as in the Road Rules.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the fact that a tramway is not laid entirely in public streets or roads does not prevent a vehicle running on that tramway from being characterised as a tram.
(3) Diagrams used in these Regulations are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be a comprehensive depiction of the situation they illustrate or to extend the meaning of the regulation to which they relate.