13.—(1) Where a passenger has become liable to pay a penalty fare in respect of any journey (referred to in this article as “the relevant journey”), no proceedings may be brought against that passenger for the offence specified in paragraph (2) before the end of the period mentioned in article 9 (amount of penalty fare); and no such proceedings may be brought after the end of that period if—
(a)the passenger has paid the penalty fare to LLAL before the end of that period; or
(b)an action has been brought against the passenger for the recovery of that fare.
(2) The offence mentioned in paragraph (1) is any offence under byelaws made under article 5 (byelaws relating to the passenger transit system) involving a failure to obtain or produce a valid ticket or general travel authority for the relevant journey.
(3) If proceedings are brought against any such passenger for any such offence the liability to pay the penalty fare ceases and, if it has been paid, LLAL is liable to repay to the passenger an amount equal to the amount of that penalty fare.