Ambulance Service Act 1982
37AUnauthorized provision of non-emergency patient transport services
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37A Unauthorized provision of non-emergency patient transport services
[Section 37A Inserted by No. 73 of 2013, s. 29, Applied:01 Jul 2014]
(1) A person must not provide non-emergency patient transport services unless the person –
(a) holds an NEPT licence; or
(b) is providing the service as part of the Ambulance Service.
Penalty: [Section 37A Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2019, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Jun 2019] [Section 37A Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2019, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Jun 2019] Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person is a person, or a member of a class of persons, prescribed as exempt from the application of this section.