Re: [VIC] PA Announcements at Hillside stations.

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Vaughan Williams" <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> A nitpick:
> Questions of law on appeal from the Magies Ct go straight to the
> Supreme Ct, at least in Victoria
> THe County Ct decisions AFAIK aren't reported and its very hard to use
> them as binding precedents. I may be wrong on this latter point
> however, though I've never seen a County Ct decision used to argue a
> principle of law.

Ok, I was basing it on NSW where appeals go to the District Court and from
there to the Court of Criminal Appeal (part of the Supreme Court).

> Is there any authority relating to the regulation? I would assume not;
> it hasn't been in force long enough for anything on it to come to
> fruition.
>
> A further point:
> The section refers to "a rail or road vehicle on which an operational
> ticket validating device is located", but then merely makes reference
> to a "designated area". Does this mean if theres not a working
> validator in the designated area, too bad?
>
> "designated area" means an area within rail premises designated by the
> relevant passenger transport company by means of signs in or near the
> area as an area for being on which a ticket is required.
>
> Most suburban platforms don't have signs saying anything to the effect
> of "you need a ticket to be on the platform". You might be there
> meeting someone.
>
> Does this mean that a suburban platform isn't a designated area (in the
> absence of signs saying it is)? A suburban train isn't "a rail or road
> vehicle on which an operational ticket validating device is located".
> This would suggest you don't always have to validate your ticket before
> catching trains, but that you do on trams provided the validator is
> working. This assumes, of course, that my interpretation of the reg is
> wrong and so presumably was the magistrate's on the occasion I
> mentioned.

An interesting one - will have to give it some thought.

Dave