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Deposited March 30, 1999 effective March 31, 1999 |
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Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act
[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 124/2004]
1 In this regulation:
"Act" means the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act;
"fare paid zone" means any transit property to which access is restricted by sign to those persons who possess proof of payment;
"proof of payment" means a valid transfer, valid fare receipt or other valid evidence of payment established under the tariff;
"tariff" means the applicable fare structure from time to time established by the authority;
"transit employee" means an employee of
(a) the authority,
(b) a subsidiary of the authority,
(c) an agent or contractor of the authority, or
(d) an agent or contractor of a subsidiary of the authority;
"transit property" means property that is used to provide transit services and that is owned or controlled by
(a) the authority,
(b) a subsidiary of the authority,
(c) an agent or contractor of the authority, or
(d) an agent or contractor of a subsidiary of the authority;
"transit vehicle" means any vehicle operated by or on behalf of the authority or one of its subsidiaries for the transportation of passengers, goods or both.
2 Sections 3, 4 and 8 (1) to (3) (h) do not apply to transit employees acting in the course of duty.
[am. B.C. Reg. 124/2004, s. 1.]
3 A person boarding a transit vehicle that is not a fare paid zone must
(a) in the presence of a transit employee pay the fare required by the tariff, or
(b) present proof of payment to a transit employee.
4 (1) A person entering a fare paid zone must
(a) pay the fare required by the tariff and obtain proof of payment, or
(b) possess proof of payment.
(2) A person must, while in a fare paid zone, retain the proof of payment and produce it for inspection at the request of a transit employee.
5 (1) Except as may be permitted by the tariff, a proof of payment is not transferable.
(2) A person must not use a proof of payment unless it was purchased for his or her use at the fare required of him or her by the tariff.
(3) Except as permitted by the tariff, a person who is not a transit employee must not sell, trade, barter or otherwise transfer or attempt to sell, trade, barter or otherwise transfer any proof of payment to any person without the prior authorization of the authority.
[am. B.C. Reg. 124/2004, s. 2.]
6 (1) If the authority or one of its subsidiaries makes rules, or posts signs on transit vehicles or other transit property, for the safety, good order or convenience of persons while they are on, entering or leaving a transit vehicle or other transit property, a transit employee may require, as a condition of allowing any person to enter or remain on the transit vehicle or transit property, that the person obey the signs or comply with the rules.
(2) If a person does not obey a sign or comply with the rules when required to do so by a transit employee acting in accordance with subsection (1), any transit employee may do any of the following:
(a) refuse that person permission to enter the transit vehicle or other transit property;
(b) order that person to leave the transit vehicle or other transit property;
(c) order that person not to enter any transit property or not to enter specified transit properties for a period not exceeding 24 hours from the time the order was made.
[am. B.C. Reg. 246/2003, s. (a).]
7 A person must not, unless authorized to do so,
(a) park or operate a vehicle on transit property,
(b) enter or remain on or in tracks, docks, bridges, guideways, tunnels, roads or rights of way that are used or intended for use only by transit vehicles, or
(c) go on or through any transit property other than a portion of it provided by the authority or one of its subsidiaries as public access to a transit vehicle.
8 (1) A person must not operate or use an alarm or any emergency device or equipment in a transit vehicle or on other transit property except in an emergency.
(2) A person who operates or uses an alarm or any emergency device or equipment in a transit vehicle or on other transit property must as soon as possible report the operation or use and the circumstances
(a) in accordance with any posted rules or sign, or
(b) to the first available transit employee.
(3) A person must not
(a) place any object or obstacle on or in a track, dock, bridge, guideway, tunnel, road or right of way used by a transit vehicle,
(b) damage, tamper with or remove any equipment or device on a transit vehicle or transit property,
(c) prevent or interfere with the operation of a transit vehicle,
(d) in a transit vehicle, occupy any place not intended for public use,
(e) impede a transit employee in the operation of a transit vehicle,
(f) prevent or delay the closing of a transit vehicle door,
(g) extend or project any part of the person’s body or any object through the window of a transit vehicle, or
(h) ride or stand on or hold onto the exterior of a transit vehicle.
[am. B.C. Reg. 124/2004, ss. 3 and 4.]
9 (1) A person who contravenes section 3, 4 (1) or (2), 5 (2) or 7 (a) or (c) or 8 (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150.
(2) If permission to enter a transit vehicle or other transit property is refused under section 6 (2) (a), a person who enters the transit vehicle or other property despite the refusal commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150.
(3) A person who disobeys an order under section 6 (2) (b) to leave a transit vehicle or other transit property commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150.
(3.1) If an order to not enter any transit property or to not enter specified transit properties for a period not exceeding 24 hours was made under section 6 (2) (c), a person who enters any transit property or specified transit properties despite the order commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150.
(4) A person who contravenes section 5 (3), 7 (b) or 8 (1) or (3) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
[am. B.C. Regs. 246/2003, s. (b); 124/2004, s. 5.]
[Provisions of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, S.B.C. 1998, c. 30, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 46]
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