Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) In these Regulations—
"authorised person" means—
(a) a person employed by a passenger transport company who has duties in relation to the issue, inspection or collection of tickets for, or the operation of, a road vehicle or a rail vehicle operated by the passenger transport company; or
(b) a member of the police force; or
(c) any other person appointed in writing by a passenger transport company, a rail freight operator, Rail Track or the Secretary for the purposes of these Regulations;
"bicycle" means a vehicle with one or more wheels that is built to be propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears (whether or not it has an auxiliary motor), and—
(a) includes a pedicab, penny-farthing, scooter, tricycle and unicycle;
(b) does not include a wheelchair, wheeled recreational device, wheeled toy, or any vehicle with an auxiliary motor capable of generating a power output over 200 watts (whether or not the motor is operating);
"designated area" means—
(a) an area of land or an area within premises owned or occupied by a passenger transport company that is designated by the passenger transport company by means of signs in or near the area as an area for entry to which a ticket is required; or
(b) if a railway station is specified by the Secretary in a notice published in the Government Gazette—
(i) a platform at that station; and
(ii) a waiting room or area adjoining a platform if access to the platform from the room or area is not gained past one or more ticket validating machines or one or more ticket barriers; and
(iii) an area between a platform and any ticket validating machine or ticket barrier past which access is gained to the platform;
Diagram 1: A designated area at a specified railway station with an island platform
Diagram 2: A designated area at a specified railway station with side platforms
"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;
Diagram 3: Designated tramway tracks
"level crossing" means—
(a) an area where a road and railway tracks cross 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 cross at substantially the same level and that has a level crossing sign on the road at each entrance to the area;
Diagram 4: Level crossing sign
Diagram 5: Level crossing sign
"passenger service" has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Rail Corporations Act 1996 ;
"pedestrian" includes—
(a) a person driving a motorised wheelchair that cannot travel at over 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;
"rail 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;
"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;
"rail vehicle" means a vehicle that operates on or uses a railway track for the carriage of passengers or freight and includes a train, carriage and wagon;
"road vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by any form of motive power that is used or intended for use by a passenger transport company or rail freight operator for the carriage of passengers or freight on any road and includes a tram that operates on or uses a tramway track;
"ticket" means a ticket, pass, symbol or other thing issued to a person entitling that person to travel on a rail vehicle or a road vehicle or to be in a designated area;
"ticket barrier" means an electronic or other barrier which is intended to be used to regulate access to or egress from part of a railway station that is a designated area;
"ticket validating device" means—
(a) a ticket validating machine; or
(b) an electronic ticket barrier which includes the facility to electronically validate tickets when a ticket is inserted into the barrier or presented to the barrier for scanning;
"ticket validating machine" means a machine which is designed and intended to be used to electronically validate tickets when a ticket is inserted into the machine or presented to the machine for scanning;
"tramway track" means a tramway track used by a passenger transport company to operate a tramway for the carriage of passengers;
"travel concession card" means a card—
(a) issued by a State or Commonwealth government department or a passenger transport company or a bus company; and
(b) accepted by a passenger transport company as entitling the holder to travel on rail vehicles or road vehicles at concessional rates;
"vehicle" means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not capable of being so propelled or drawn, and includes—
(a) a motor vehicle;
(b) a trailer;
(c) a tram;
(d) a train;
(e) a bicycle;
(f) an air-cushion vehicle;
(g) an animal that is being ridden or is drawing a vehicle;
(h) a combination of motor vehicles consisting of a motor vehicle connected to one or more vehicles—
but does not include—
(i) a wheelchair other than a motorised wheelchair capable of a speed of 10 kilometres per hour or more; or
(j) a wheeled recreational device; or
(k) a wheeled toy;
"wheeled recreational device" means a wheeled device, built to transport a person, propelled by human power or gravity, and ordinarily used for recreation or play, and—
(a) includes rollerblades, rollerskates, a skateboard or similar wheeled device;
(b) does not include a golf buggy, pram, stroller or trolley, or a bicycle, wheelchair or wheeled toy;
"wheeled toy" means a child's pedal car, scooter or tricycle or a similar toy.
(2) Any 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.