❓ A Western Australian parliamentary question on notice from 2009 regarding fare evasion on Perth's public transport system, including data on infringements, cautions, and financial values. The response provides some data but indicates limitations in accurately answering certain aspects.
AnsweredQoN 783Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
For each of the Perth urban rail network, metropolitan bus services and regional bus services, -
(1) How many inspectors are employed to monitor fare evasion?
(2) In each month of 2008, what were the, -
(a) total number of infringements issued;
(b) categories of offences for which infringements were issued;
(c) total number of infringements cancelled;
(d) total number of cautions issued;
(e) rate of fare evasion;
(f) value of fares evaded;
(g) value of fines issued;
(h) value of fines paid; and
(i) value of fines written off?
(1) How many inspectors are employed to monitor fare evasion?
(2) In each month of 2008, what were the, -
(a) total number of infringements issued;
(b) categories of offences for which infringements were issued;
(c) total number of infringements cancelled;
(d) total number of cautions issued;
(e) rate of fare evasion;
(f) value of fares evaded;
(g) value of fines issued;
(h) value of fines paid; and
(i) value of fines written off?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
13 August 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport
Response time
71 days
(c) Please refer to (2)(a). (d) Approximately 36 700 verbal cautions were issued for fare evasion offences by Passenger Ticketing Assistants during 2008. (e) An approximate rate of detected fare evasion for each calendar months of 2008 varied between 0.58 - 0.60%. (f) Unable to accurately answer this question. (g) An approximate monetary value of infringements issued during the 2008 calendar year after cancelled infringements have been taken into account is $4 002 980 (h) The stated monetary values provided in the table below are approximate only as many of the infringements paid direct to the Public Transport Authority (PTA) were at final demand status and as a result incurred additional costs. Failure to pay an infringement notice to the PTA within the required time results in the matter being referred to the Fines Enforcement Registry (FER) at the Department of the Attorney General where the infringement notice is registered and is made an order of the court. The infringement notice holder can then elect to either pay the fine within an extra 28 days or have the matter heard before a magistrate. Once the infringement notice is referred to the FER, additional costs are incurred with eventual non payment resulting in the possible suspension of the infringement notice holder's motor vehicle or drivers licence. Month Paid direct to the PTA Paid to FER of which PTA receives the original $50.00 penalty, final demand fee of $13.50 and certificate of enforcement fee of $11.50 January 2008 $48 000 $24 066 February 2008 $60 550 $29 591 March 2008 $58 800 $30 226 April 2008 $73 750 $38 227 May 2008 $84 000 $41 021 June 2008 $144 350 $35 052 July 2008 $170 200 $42 100 August 2008 $148 000 $36 068 September 2008 $151 100 $38 799 October 2008 $160 200 $38 671 November 2008 $110 350 $30 480 December 2008 $73 550 $22 543 Sub-Total $1 282 850 $406 844 TOTAL $1 689 694 (i) The value of fines written off by the Public Transport Authority in the 2008 calendar year was $1300 . Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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