Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006

47Document to be issued in connection with penalty fare requirement

(1)An authorised person who requires a passenger to pay a penalty fare shall give the passenger either a receipt for the payment of the amount of the penalty fare (where such payment is made to the authorised person) or a written notice setting out the amount of the penalty fare, the address to which payment may be made and a statement that payment must be made within 21 days of the person’s receipt of that notice.

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

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2), 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 such statement, such destination as may be specified by the authorised person.