41Protection from liability

41 Protection from liability

[Section 41 Inserted by No. 4 of 1996, s. 5 ][Section 41 Repealed by No. 2 of 2006, Sched. 2, Applied:30 Jun 2006]

(1)  An officer of the Ambulance Service, or a volunteer ambulance officer acting under the authority of this Act, does not incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of any act done or omitted to be done by the person in good faith –

(a) in providing ambulance services or a prescribed activity; or

(b) in the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of any function or power under this Act; or

(c) in the administration or execution, or the purported administration or execution, of this Act.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to the provision of non-emergency patient transport services unless those services are provided by an officer of the Ambulance Service while he or she is operating in that capacity.