Public Transport Council Act 1987

Public Transport Council
Act 1987

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Public Transport Council to provide for the licensing of ticket payment services, to regulate bus fares, street‑hail fares, ride‑hail fares and train fares and for matters connected therewith.

[31/2015; 20/2019]

[14 August 1987]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Public Transport Council Act 1987.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“bookable vehicle” means any of the following vehicles used or intended to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service through a booking taken or facilitated by a provider of a ride‑hail service:

(a)	a taxi;
(b)	a private hire car (within the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961) which is hired, or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole with a driver for the purpose of conveying one or more passengers (if any) in that car;

“booking”, in relation to a ride‑hail service, means a booking for a bookable vehicle to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service taken or facilitated by the provider of the ride‑hail service;

“bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“bus fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any bus service involving the carriage of the passenger on a bus;

“bus operator”, in relation to a bus service, means the person who operates the bus service but does not include —

(a)	the Land Transport Authority of Singapore; or
(b)	a person who merely arranges for the registration of a bus, drives a bus, or maintains or arranges for the maintenance of a bus;

“bus service” means a service for the carriage of passengers for a fare by buses on roads for journeys wholly or partly within Singapore according to predetermined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include a bus service excluded from this definition by the Minister by order in the Gazette;

“bus service licence” means a licence granted (or deemed granted) under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 to operate one or more bus services;

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council and includes any temporary Chairperson of the Council;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Council, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“clearing”, in relation to a ticket payment service, means any arrangement, process, mechanism or facility provided by a person in respect of ticket transactions, by which —

(a)	information relating to the terms of those transactions are verified by such person with a view to confirming the authenticity of those transactions; or
(b)	the amount payable to the parties under those transactions is calculated and verified;

“Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3;

“fare” means —

(a)	any bus fare;
(b)	any train fare;
(c)	any ride-hail fare; or
(d)	any street-hail fare;

“invalid ticket” means a ticket that is for a journey on a bus or train operated by a public bus operator or licensed rapid transit system operator for which a ticket is required and —

(a)

that is used, or attempted to be used —

(i)	for a journey that is not the journey for which the ticket was issued;
(ii)	to over-travel the fare that was paid for the journey, without reasonable excuse; or
(iii)	by a person who is not the first user of a ticket which is non-transferable;

(b)

that has been altered or defaced;

(c)

that is counterfeit; or

(d)

that is expired;

“Land Transport Authority of Singapore” or “LTA” means the public authority of that name constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

“licensed” means —

(a)	licensed under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 in the case of a bus operator;
(b)	licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995 in the case of an operator of a rapid transit system;
(c)	licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1961 in the case of a taxi driver; or
(d)	licensed under the Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 in the case of a provider of a ride‑hail service provided using bookable vehicles, or a street‑hail service;

“licensee” means a person to whom any licence has been granted under this Act;

“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;

“manager” —

(a)	in relation to a company, means the principal executive officer of the company for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he or she is a director of the company; and
(b)	in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;

“on-demand passenger transport service” and “on-demand ride booking service” have the meanings given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;

“over-travel”, in relation to a fare, means to remain on a bus or train after the place, distance or time covered by the fare paid for the journey has been reached and includes, for a smartcard ticket, tapping out before the completion of the journey or part of the journey;

“paid area” means —

(a)	any platform of a railway station that is part of a rapid transit system; and
(b)	any area between such a platform and any ticket barrier access or ticket validating machine past which access is gained to the platform;

“passenger” means an individual carried upon a bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle (as the case may be) but does not include —

(a)	an owner, a driver or fare collector of a bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity; or
(b)	a public transport official while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity;

“penalty fee” means the penalty fee referred to in section 53;

“price”, in relation to any fare, includes —

(a)	the amount of any rate, fee, levy and charge and any other valuable consideration (however described) for a journey by bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle (as the case may be), whether or not it is paid or given to an operator of a bus service or train service, a provider of a street‑hail service or ride‑hail service or a driver of a bus, train, taxi or bookable vehicle;
(b)	the provision of, or arrangements for, a discount, concession, allowance, rebate or credit applying in relation to any amount in paragraph (a); and
(c)	in the case of a ride-hail fare, includes the amount of a booking fee,

but does not include a consideration of a kind prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette for the purposes of this definition;

“pricing policy” means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare;

“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;

“public bus operator” means a licensed bus operator who is party to a public bus services contract for the provision of bus services specified in that contract, and includes a licensed bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence but is not party to such a contract;

“public bus services contract” has the meaning given by the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;

“public service vehicle” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“Public Transport Fund” means the fund of that name established under Part 4;

“public transport official” means an individual appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 51;

“rapid transit system” has the meaning given by the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;

“ride-hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed ride‑hail industry participants providing a ride‑hail service that provides —

(a)	for a common price or price structure for a fare component in relation to that ride‑hail service; and
(b)	for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure,

and includes any variation of that contract;

“ride-hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a ride‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the ride‑hail service, a driver or any other person, and includes a booking fee;

“ride-hail industry participant”, for a type of ride‑hail service, means any of the following:

(a)	a ride-hail service licensee authorised to provide that type of ride‑hail service;
(b)	any person or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this definition either generally, or with respect to that particular type of ride‑hail service;

“ride-hail service” means —

(a)	an on-demand passenger transport service of any type provided using bookable vehicles; or
(b)	an on-demand ride booking service of any type provided using bookable vehicles;

“ride-hail service licensee” means a person to whom a ride-hail service licence to provide a ride-hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;

“smartcard reader” means a device or combination of devices that is capable of electronically reading, recording and processing information from a ticket that is a smartcard, and copying or transferring information from the smartcard and storing and displaying the information in legible form;

“street-hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed street‑hail industry participants providing a street‑hail service that provides —

(a)	for a common price or price structure for a fare component in relation to that street‑hail service; and
(b)	for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure,

and includes any variation of that contract;

“street-hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a street‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the street‑hail service, a driver or any other person, but does not include any booking fee for a taxi made available, or to be made available, in providing on‑demand passenger transport services;

“street-hail industry participant” means any of the following:

(a)	a street-hail service licensee;
(b)	a taxi driver licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1961 to drive a taxi not owned by a street‑hail service licensee;
(c)	any person or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this definition either generally, or with respect to a class of street‑hail service;

“street-hail service” means a service involving the transport by road of passengers within, or partly within, Singapore for hire or reward —

(a)

provided using motor vehicles which are taxis; and

(b)

under which any individual can hail or hire on‑demand such a motor vehicle when it is —

(i)	standing or plying for hire on a road; and
(ii)	authorised under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 or the Road Traffic Act 1961 to stand or ply for hire on a road;

“street-hail service licensee” means a person to whom a street‑hail service licence to provide a street‑hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;

“tap in”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on starting a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;

“tapping out”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on completing a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;

“taxi” means any public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the conveyance of any passenger on a rapid transit system or on any bus operated by a public bus operator, or both;

“ticket payment service” means —

(a)

a service for —

(i)	the clearing of any ticket transaction; or
(ii)	the sale, topping-up, replacement or refund, or the management of the use, of a mode of payment for tickets; or

(b)

any other services that the Council may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe;

“ticket payment service licence” means a licence granted under Part 5;

“ticket transaction” means any record of a fare deduction created by the use of a mode of payment for tickets;

“train” means a train used as part of a rapid transit system the operation of which is licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;

“train fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any service involving the carriage of the passenger on a train operated by a licensed rapid transit system operator;

“train service” means the service for the transport of passengers by one or more trains on a rapid transit system within Singapore for a fare.

[30/2015; 31/2015; 5/2018; 20/2019]

PART 2

PUBLIC TRANSPORT COUNCIL

Establishment and constitution of Public Transport Council

3.—(1) A council called the Public Transport Council is established, which consists of the following members:

(a)	a Chairperson;
(b)	any other members that the Minister may determine.

(2) The First Schedule has effect with respect to the Council, its members and proceedings.

Council is body corporate

4.—(1) The Public Transport Council is re-constituted as a body corporate with perpetual succession, capable of all of the following by that name:

(a)	suing and being sued;
(b)	acquiring, holding and disposing of movable and immovable property;
(c)	doing and suffering all acts and things that a body corporate may by law do and suffer. [31/2015]

(2) The Council must have an official seal, which may be broken, changed, altered or made anew as the Council thinks fit.

[31/2015]

(3) All deeds and other documents requiring the seal of the Council must be sealed with the official seal of the Council.

[31/2015]

(4) Every instrument to which the official seal of the Council is affixed must be signed —

(a)	by any 2 members of the Council generally or specially authorised by the Council for the purpose; or
(b)	by one member of the Council and the Chief Executive. [31/2015]

(5) All courts, judges and persons acting judicially must take judicial notice of the official seal of the Council affixed to any document and must presume that it was duly affixed.

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Functions of Council

5.—(1) The functions of the Council are —

(a)

to set or approve fares and fare pricing policies for bus services, train services, street‑hail services and ride‑hail services in Singapore;

(b)

to promote and facilitate the integration of bus fares and train fares to ensure the provision of efficient public passenger transport services and facilities;

(c)

to evaluate and recommend to the Government improvements to, or otherwise advise the Government in respect of, bus services, train services, street‑hail services and ride‑hail services in Singapore so that they —

(i)	may satisfy all reasonable passenger demands in Singapore for bus services, train services, street‑hail services and ride‑hail services;
(ii)	may offer an attractive alternative to private motor vehicle transport, and the extent of such travel, in Singapore;
(iii)	are effectively and efficiently integrated so as to facilitate seamless travel for passengers within and between different modes of land transport and greater mobility within communities in Singapore; and
(iv)	provide viable public passenger transport services at a reasonable cost to the community and the Government;

(d)

to undertake surveys or other arrangements to obtain public feedback on any matter relating to the provision of bus services, train services, street‑hail services and ride‑hail services in Singapore;

(e)

to exercise licensing and regulatory functions in respect of the provision of ticket payment services in Singapore; and

(f)

to perform such functions as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, assign.

[31/2015; 20/2019]

(2) Nothing in this section is to be construed as imposing on the Council, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court to which it would not otherwise be subject.

[31/2015]

Powers of Council

6.—(1) The Council has power to do anything for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act or which is incidental or conducive to the discharge of those functions and, in particular, may —

(a)	grant ticket payment service licences and supervise and enforce compliance with the terms of those licences; and
(b)	appoint and employ on such terms and conditions as the Council may determine such officers, employees and agents as the Council thinks fit for the effective performance of its functions. [31/2015]

(2) The Council must furnish the Minister with information with respect to its property and activities in such manner and at such times as the Minister may require.

[31/2015]

Directions by Minister

7. The Minister may give to the Council any direction under section 5 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.

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[5/2018]

Appointment of committees and delegation

8.—(1) The Council may appoint from among its own members or from other persons who are not members such number of committees as it thinks fit for purposes which, in the opinion of the Council, would be better regulated and managed by means of such committees.

[31/2015]

(2) The Council may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it thinks fit, delegate any of the functions, duties or powers of the Council under this Act or any other written law to —

(a)	the Chairperson or Chief Executive;
(b)	any committee appointed under subsection (1); or
(c)	any member, officer or employee of the Council. [31/2015]

(3) However, the Council is not authorised by subsection (2) to delegate any function, duty or power conferred by any provision in Part 8.

[31/2015; 5/2018]

(4) Any function, duty or power delegated under subsection (2) to any committee or person may be performed or exercised by the committee or person to whom it has been delegated in the name and on behalf of the Council.

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[31/2015]

Chief Executive, officers and employees, etc.

9.—(1) There must be a Chief Executive of the Council, whose appointment, removal, discipline and promotion must be in accordance with the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.

[5/2018]

(2) The Council may, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, appoint an individual to act temporarily as the Chief Executive during any period, or during all periods, when the Chief Executive —

(a)	is absent from duty or Singapore; or
(b)	is, for any reason, unable to perform the duties of the office. [5/2018]

(3) The Council may, subject to the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, appoint and employ, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, any other officers, employees, consultants and agents that may be necessary for the effective performance of its functions.

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[5/2018]

Preservation of secrecy

10.—(1) Except for the purpose of the performance of his or her duties, or the exercise of his or her functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or where required or allowed by the provisions of any written law, an individual who is or has been —

(a)	a member, an officer, an employee or an agent of the Council;
(b)	a member of a committee of the Council; or
(c)	an inspector,

must not disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Council or of any other person which has been obtained by the individual in the performance of the individual’s duties or the exercise of the individual’s functions under this Act.

[31/2015; 5/2018]

(2) Any individual who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

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Protection from personal liability

11. No liability shall lie personally against any member, officer or employee of the Council, committee member or other person acting under the direction of the Council who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.

[31/2015]

PART 3

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Expenses

12. Except as otherwise provided, all expenses incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Act must be met from the funds of the Council.

Grants to Council

13. For the purpose of enabling the Council to carry out its functions under this Act or any other written law, the Minister may make grants to the Council of such sums as the Minister may determine out of moneys to be provided by Parliament.

Bank accounts and application of revenue

14.—(1) The Council must open and maintain an account or accounts with such bank or banks as the Council thinks fit.

(2) Every such account must be operated upon as far as practicable by cheque signed by such person or persons authorised to do so by the Council.

(3) The moneys of the Council must be applied only in payment or discharge of expenses, obligations and liabilities of the Council and in making any payments that the Council is authorised or required to make.

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Issue of shares, etc.

15. As a consequence of —

(a)	the vesting of any property, rights or liabilities of the Government in the Council under this Act; or
(b)	any capital injection or other investment by the Government in the Council in accordance with any written law,

the Council must issue such shares or other securities to the Minister for Finance as that Minister may direct.

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[31/2015]

Power of investment

16. The Council may invest its moneys in accordance with the standard investment power of statutory bodies as defined in section 33A of the Interpretation Act 1965.

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[31/2015]

Financial year

17. The financial year of the Council begins on 1 April of each year and ends on 31 March of the succeeding year.

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[5/2018]

PART 4

PUBLIC TRANSPORT FUND

Public Transport Fund

18.—(1) A Government fund called the Public Transport Fund is established comprising —

(a)

all moneys appropriated from the Consolidated Fund and authorised to be paid into the Public Transport Fund by any written law;

(b)

all contributions made pursuant to the Council’s direction under section 50(1), and any other donations made by any person for the purposes of the Fund;

(c)

all financial penalties imposed, on or after 1 April 2016, by the LTA —

(i)	under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 on a public bus operator for a breach of a condition in the bus service licence; or
(ii)	under the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995 on a licensed rapid transit system operator for a breach of a condition in the rapid transit system operator’s licence; and

(d)

all investments out of moneys in the Public Transport Fund authorised to be made by this Act and the proceeds of any such investment, including the net income from such investments.

[31/2015]

(2) As from 1 April 2016, the Government must pay into the Public Transport Fund such sum as the Minister for Finance may determine out of moneys to be provided by Parliament for the Public Transport Fund.

[31/2015]

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), the net income from investments is the amount ascertained by adding to, or deducting from, the income received from investments of moneys in the Public Transport Fund, any profit derived or loss sustained (as the case may be) from the realisation of such investments.

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[31/2015]

Purposes of Public Transport Fund

19.—(1) Subject to section 25, the moneys in the Public Transport Fund may be withdrawn only for the following purposes:

(a)	to provide (directly to individuals or through organisations) cash grants, rebates, reliefs and other financial assistance to passengers using bus services or train services;
(b)	to invest subject to the limits in the Financial Procedure Act 1966 for investments of public moneys;
(c)	to meet expenses referred to in section 20 incidental to or arising from the administration, investment and management of moneys in the Public Transport Fund. [31/2015]

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), investing includes engaging in any financial activity, or participating in any financial arrangement, for the purpose of managing or hedging against any financial risk that arises or is likely to arise from any investment.

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[31/2015]

Expenses

20.—(1) All costs, expenses and charges incurred in relation to making any investment of moneys in the Public Transport Fund must be charged upon and are payable out of that Fund.

[31/2015]

(2) All other expenses incidental to or arising from the administration and management of moneys in the Public Transport Fund must be charged upon and are payable out of the Public Transport Fund, including but not limited to the following:

(a)	the cost of auditing the accounts of the Public Transport Fund, and the remuneration of the auditor if he or she is not the Auditor‑General;
(b)	all reasonable legal costs and all reasonable expenses incurred by the LTA in connection with the collection or attempted collection of any outstanding amounts (including any interest) of financial penalties referred to in section 18(1)(c);
(c)	all reasonable expenses incurred by any public authority or person whom the Minister appoints under regulations made under section 27 to disburse financial assistance using moneys in the Public Transport Fund in carrying out their duties under that appointment and doing any thing incidental to or in connection with the purposes of that appointment. [31/2015]

(3) However, no remuneration or allowances payable to a public officer may be met out of moneys in the Public Transport Fund.

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[31/2015]

Withdrawals

21.—(1) Moneys cannot be withdrawn from the Public Transport Fund unless they are charged upon that Fund or are authorised to be withdrawn or transferred under this Act.

[31/2015]

(2) Despite section 13 of the Financial Procedure Act 1966, payment may be made out of the Public Transport Fund only if the payment is approved by the Minister or an accounting officer authorised, in writing, by the Minister.

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Financial year

22. The financial year of the Public Transport Fund begins on 1 April of each year and ends on 31 March of the succeeding year.

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Accounts

23.—(1) The Minister must designate one or more public officers to be accounting officers of the Public Transport Fund.

[31/2015]

(2) Every accounting officer of the Public Transport Fund must —

(a)	cause to be kept proper accounts and records of all transactions and affairs relating to the Public Transport Fund, or the transactions and affairs of the part of that Fund that the accounting officer is in charge of, as the case may be;
(b)	do all things necessary to ensure that payments out of the Public Transport Fund and the disbursement of those moneys are properly authorised and correctly made; and
(c)	ensure that adequate control is maintained over the assets and receipts of the Public Transport Fund, or the assets and receipts of the part of that Fund that the accounting officer is in charge of, as the case may be. [31/2015]

(3) A public officer designated under subsection (1) is also an accounting officer of the Public Transport Fund for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966.

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Financial statements and audit

24.—(1) As soon as practicable after the close of each financial year, the Minister must —

(a)	cause to be prepared financial statements and accounts of the Public Transport Fund in respect of the financial year; and
(b)	cause to be submitted to the Auditor‑General the financial statements and accounts prepared under paragraph (a). [31/2015]

(2) The Auditor-General must audit or cause an audit of the financial statements and accounts prepared under subsection (1) and report on them.

[31/2015]

(3) As soon as the accounts of the Public Transport Fund and the financial statements have been audited, a copy of the audited financial statements, together with a copy of any report made by the Auditor‑General, must be submitted to the Minister.

[31/2015]

(4) Where the Auditor‑General is not the auditor of the Public Transport Fund, a copy of the audited financial statements and any report made by the auditor must be forwarded to the Auditor‑General.

[31/2015]

(5) The Minister must as soon as practicable cause a copy of the audited financial statements of the Public Transport Fund and the auditor’s report to be presented to Parliament.

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Dissolution of Public Transport Fund

25. Upon dissolution of the Public Transport Fund during any term of office of the Government (within the meaning of the Constitution), the balance then remaining in the Public Transport Fund must be transferred to the Consolidated Fund and added to the reserves of the Government not accumulated by it during that term of office.

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Recovery for overpayment, etc., and offences

26.—(1) Where any amount of moneys in the Public Transport Fund is withdrawn and paid —

(a)	to a person by way of cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance and the person is not eligible to receive that cash grant, rebate, relief or financial assistance, or is eligible for a lower amount;
(b)	without authorisation or in excess of authorisation, to a public authority or person appointed by the Minister under regulations made under section 27 to disburse cash grants, rebates, reliefs or financial assistance using moneys in the Public Transport Fund; or
(c)	for any other purposes which are not authorised or in excess of authorisation under this Act,

the amount that has been paid or paid in excess (as the case may be) is recoverable as a debt due to the Government in a court of competent jurisdiction.

[31/2015]

(2) If —

(a)	a person furnishes a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information for the purpose of or in connection with obtaining, for that person or another person, any cash grant, rebate, relief or other financial assistance in section 19(1)(a) out of moneys in the Public Transport Fund;
(b)	the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading; and
(c)	the person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (b),

the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

[31/2015]

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the document, statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular, or if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading in a material particular.

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Public Transport Fund regulations

27.—(1) The Minister may make regulations —

(a)	describing the individuals or classes of bus or train passengers to whom cash grants, rebates, reliefs and other financial assistance may be given from moneys in the Public Transport Fund, including the amount, manner of and the terms and conditions for so providing;
(b)	providing for the appointment by the Council of any public authority or other person to disburse cash grants, rebates, reliefs and other financial assistance using moneys in the Public Transport Fund and to do anything incidental;
(c)	prescribing that any act or omission in contravention of any regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both; and
(d)	prescribing anything required to carry out the purposes or provisions of this Part. [31/2015]

(2) All regulations made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

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