14BPowers of officer of Ambulance Service at scene

14B Powers of officer of Ambulance Service at scene

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

(1)  If –

(a) more than one statutory service is in attendance at an incident; and

(b) an officer of the Ambulance Service is providing ambulance services at the incident –

the senior officer in attendance for the Ambulance Service has primary responsibility for the care and welfare of any person being provided ambulance services.

(2)  To ensure the care and welfare of any person being provided ambulance services at an incident referred to in subsection (1)  –

(a) the senior officer in attendance for the Ambulance Service may recommend to another statutory service the priority of, or preference for, any activity performed by that statutory service at the incident, if that activity may impact on the care and welfare of a person being provided ambulance services at the incident; and

(b) the senior officer in attendance for the statutory service that is the subject of the recommendation is to provide reasonable grounds, to the senior officer in attendance for the Ambulance Service at the time of the incident, for failing to comply with any recommendation made under paragraph (a) .

(3)  In this section –

senior officer in attendance, in relation to an incident, means the most senior officer that is in attendance, for the relevant statutory service, at the scene of the incident;

statutory service has the same meaning as in the Emergency Management Act 2006 .