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Bus Services Industry (Control of Conduct and Activities — Bus Interchange) Regulations 2026 · reg 17

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reg 17Misuse of escalator or travelator

(1)

A person must not —

(a)

without reasonable excuse, sit on any step or pallet of any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange; or

(b)

sit or ride on any handrail of any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange.

(2)

A person must not use, or attempt to use, any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange except to travel from one end of the escalator or travelator to the other by means of the escalator stairway or travelator pallet.

(3)

A person must not travel, or attempt to travel, on any moving escalator or travelator in a bus interchange in a direction other than the direction in which the escalator or travelator is moving.

(4)

A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

Subregulation 1

A person must not —

(a)

without reasonable excuse, sit on any step or pallet of any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange; or

(b)

sit or ride on any handrail of any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange.

Subregulation 2

A person must not use, or attempt to use, any escalator or travelator in a bus interchange except to travel from one end of the escalator or travelator to the other by means of the escalator stairway or travelator pallet.

Subregulation 3

A person must not travel, or attempt to travel, on any moving escalator or travelator in a bus interchange in a direction other than the direction in which the escalator or travelator is moving.

Subregulation 4

A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.