Midland Metro (Penalty Fares) Act 1991

6Document to be issued in connection with penalty fare requirement

(1)An authorised person who requires a person (referred to below as“the passenger”) to pay a penalty fare shall give him either a receipt for the payment of the amount of the penalty (where the passenger makes that payment to the authorised person) or a notice stating that the requirement has been made.

(2)A receipt or notice given under subsection (1) above shall specify the passenger’s destination on the Metro vehicle on which he is travelling when required to pay the penalty fare, and shall operate as an authority to him to complete his journey to that destination.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, the passenger’s destination shall (unless only one destination is possible in the circumstances) be taken to be the destination stated by the passenger or, in default of any statement by him identifying his destination, such destination as may be specified by the authorised person.