38Assistance to existing ambulance services

38 Assistance to existing ambulance services

(1)  [Section 38 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2014] Where immediately before the second commencement date any person, other than an ambulance board constituted under the repealed Act, is providing ambulance services in any area, the Commissioner may furnish to that person such assistance as the Commissioner considers necessary to enable that person to continue to provide ambulance services in that area.

(2)  [Section 38 Subsection (2) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2014] The assistance which may be provided by the Commissioner under subsection (1) may take the form of–

(a) [Section 38 Subsection (2) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2014] a grant to a person referred to in that subsection for the purchase of equipment to replace any equipment used by that person in the provision of ambulance services in the area in which the Commissioner considers those ambulance services should continue to be provided by that person; or

(b) contributions towards the expenses incurred, or advances by way of loan to meet any expenditure incurred, by that person in providing ambulance services in that area.

(3)  [Section 38 Subsection (3) amended by No. 73 of 2013, s. 30, Applied:01 Jul 2014] The amount of a grant referred to in subsection (2) (a) made by the Commissioner shall not exceed 50 per cent of the amount paid by the person providing ambulance services in the area referred to in subsection (1) for the purchase of equipment to replace the equipment used by that person in the provision of ambulance services.