Conditions of Travel with Manions’ Coaches

Respect the safety and comfort of all our valued passengers

When using our Services

To ensure the safety and comfort of all passengers, we expect your adherence to the following while on board with Manions Coaches

A person travelling on a Manions Coaches vehicle must not:

  1. do anything to endanger the safety of
    1. himself or herself; or
    2. another person; or
    3. the vehicle; or
  2. threaten, harass or attempt to intimidate another person; or
  3. wilfully obstruct or hinder another person; or
  4. wilfully disturb the comfort or convenience of another person; or
  5. soil, damage or deface
    1. the vehicle; or
    2. any of the vehicle’s fittings; or
    3. the property of another person; or
  6. behave in an offensive or indecent manner;
  7. use any profane, indecent, obscene, offensive or blasphemous language; or
  8. throw anything inside, or from, the vehicle

A person travelling as a passenger on a Manions Coaches vehicle must not:

  1. smoke; or
  2. consume alcohol; or
  3. possess an open container of alcohol; or
  4. litter; or
  5. have an animal on board the vehicle, other than an animal permitted by law; or
  6. place his or her feet on the seats of the vehicle; or
  7. spit on any part of the vehicle; or
  8. play an instrument; or
  9. busk

A person travelling as a passenger on a Manions Coaches vehicle, if no other seat is available on the vehicle, vacate his or her seat or offer to vacate his or her seat for:

  1. a person who appears to have a disability or injury; or
  2. an elderly person; or
  3. a woman who is visibly pregnant; or
  4. a person accompanying a child less than 5 years of age; or
  5. any other person who appears to have special needs.

A person travelling as a passenger on a Manions Coaches vehicle must not do any of the following without the permission of the driver of the vehicle or an authorised officer:

  1. eat or drink other than water, unless eating or drinking for a clear, or diagnosed, medical reason;
  2. occupy more than one seat;
  3. sell or distribute, or attempt to sell or distribute, anything;
  4. display, or attempt to display, any sign;) affix, or attempt to affix, anything to the vehicle.

Requirement to pay fares

  1. A person must not travel as a passenger on a vehicle providing a regular passenger service unless
    1. the person has paid any required fare or holds a ticket that entitles the person to travel on the vehicle at that time and for the journey the person is making; or
    2. the person holds a valid pass, issued or approved by the Commission, entitling the person to travel on the vehicle at that time without paying a fare;
    3. the person has been given permission by the driver of, or by an authorised officer on, the vehicle to pay the fare for the person’s journey at a later time; or
    4. the person is a schoolchild and the service being provided is a school bus service that, under the terms of the contract with the Commission, does not require passengers to pay fares.
  2. The driver of, or an authorised officer on, a vehicle providing a regular passenger service may –
    1. request any person on the vehicle to produce for inspection the ticket or pass that entitles the person to travel on the vehicle at that time and for the journey the person has made or is apparently making; and
    2. if the driver or authorised officer reasonably believes that a person on the vehicle has not paid the correct fare for the journey the person has made or is apparently making, request that person on the vehicle to pay that fare or, if applicable, the amount of that fare that is outstanding.
  3. A person must comply with a request immediately.

Travellers causing nuisance or danger

  1. The driver of, or an authorised officer on, a vehicle providing a passenger transport service may stop the vehicle, if safe to do so, and direct any person to leave the vehicle if the driver or authorised officer reasonably believes that the person is –
    1. committing an offence as listed above
    2. committing an offence as listed above and has failed to comply with any direction from the driver to cease to commit the offence.
  2. A person must comply with a direction immediately.
  3. A police officer, using only such force as may reasonably be necessary in the circumstances, may remove a person from a vehicle providing a passenger transport service if the police officer is satisfied that –
    1. the person has been given a direction in line with the above
    2. there were reasonable grounds for issuing the direction; and
    3. the person has failed to comply with the direction.
  4. A driver or authorised officer must not direct a person leave a vehicle if, in the circumstances
    1. the person’s safety is to be put at unreasonable risk; or
    2. the person is a schoolchild and the direction would be inconsistent with any directions of the Commission concerning the transport of schoolchildren on regular passenger services.