14APowers of entry by officer of Ambulance Service

14A Powers of entry by officer of Ambulance Service

[Section 14A Inserted by No. 73 of 2013, s. 13, Applied:01 Jul 2014]

(1)  An officer of the Ambulance Service may enter any land, premises or vehicle if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person in or on the land, premises or vehicle requires urgent ambulance services.

(2)  An officer of the Ambulance Service authorised to enter land, premises or a vehicle under subsection (1)  –

(a) must, before entering the land, premises or vehicle, produce identification as such an officer; and

(b) may use such force as is reasonably necessary for the officer and his or her equipment to have safe entry to the land, premises or vehicle; and

(c) may take with him or her such other person as the officer considers necessary to effect the purpose for which entry is made.

(3)  Subsection (2)(a) does not apply if the officer of the Ambulance Service is dressed in a uniform bearing the authorised insignia of the Ambulance Service.