Re: Trip to Melbourne

David Proctor (daproc@bigfoot.com)
7 Feb 1998 04:25:59 GMT

Mike Alexander <malex@bigfoot.com> wrote in article
<01bd3374$ca35fa80$01010101@mikeya>...
> > This raises an interesting point. Under Federal law if it was human
> > selling tickets and I offered a $5 note for a $2 ride, they would be
> > legally bound to accept the $5 note tendered and give me change. They
> > could not reject the tendering of the note as unsuitable for the
> > payment.

This is incorrect - the "legal tender" law only applies for the payment of
debts, and its application is such that, if you offer legal tender for the
payment of a DEBT, and the tender is refused, the debt is expunged.

The law doesn't apply for the payment of services and goods (unless
received in advance, thereby creating a "debt", and therefore MetCard
ticket machines are not covered by the leagl tender laws.

> Whatever the legality of it may be, I'm sure anyone who operates a
parking
> meter must have it covered. So. I'm sure the same law applies.
>
> BTW, what _exactly_ is the federal law which covers this? How is it
worded?

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David Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com