Ambulance Service (Fees) Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Ambulance Service (Fees) Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Ambulance Service Act 1982 .

30 August 2021

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

JEREMY ROCKLIFF

Minister for Health

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Ambulance Service (Fees) Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 7 September 2021.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ; business hours means the hours between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 ; emergency ambulance services means ambulance services provided as – (a) an immediate response to a potentially life-threatening incident with the use of lights and sirens; or (b) a non-immediate response without the use of lights and sirens; first intervention vehicle means a vehicle that – (a) is not an ambulance or a specialised rescue vehicle; and (b) is operated by, or on behalf of, the Ambulance Service to provide ambulance services other than non-emergency patient transport services; flight paramedic means an officer of the Ambulance service with accreditation under the appropriate award in relation to the provision of advanced life support on an aircraft; intensive care paramedic means an officer of the Ambulance Service with accreditation under the appropriate award in relation to the provision of advanced life support; non-emergency patient-transport vehicle means a vehicle equipped to provide non-emergency patient transport services in accordance with the Act; patient-transport officer means an employee of the Ambulance Service, who, as a part of that employment, provides non-emergency patient transport services; round trip means the distance travelled by, or the time taken by, an ambulance, non-emergency patient-transport vehicle, first intervention vehicle, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopter or vessel from the start of a trip until it – (a) returns to its assigned station; or (b) returns to its assigned location; or (c) starts a new trip; routine ambulance services means ambulance services other than emergency ambulance services or non-emergency patient transport services; specialised rescue vehicle means a vehicle with specialised equipment used to extricate trapped people; vessel means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine and Safety Authority Act 1997 .