43Transitionals

43 Transitionals

[Section 43 Repealed by No. 22 of 1987, s. 18 ]

(1)  If, immediately before the commencement day, a person holds the written consent of the Director under section 37 to provide non-emergency patient transport, however described –

(a) the person is taken, on and after the commencement day, to be the holder of an NEPT licence; and

(b) the written consent –

(i) is taken to be an NEPT licence, in the same terms as the written consent, for the purposes of this Act; and

(ii) may be suspended or cancelled, or otherwise dealt with, in accordance with Part IIIA of this Act; and

(iii) remains in force until the later of the following days:

(A) the day specified in the written consent as the day on which the written consent expires;

(B) the day 2 years from the commencement day.

(2)  A person is not guilty of an offence under section 39(1) if the person drives, operates or has charge of, or allows another person to drive, operate or have charge of, a vehicle that –

(a) immediately before the commencement day, was operated under a consent of the Director, under section 37 , to provide non-emergency patient transport; and

(b) on or after the commencement day –

(i) is operated under an NEPT licence by the holder of the consent referred to in paragraph (a) ; and

(ii) displays, as it did immediately before the commencement day, the word "ambulance" other than on the front of the vehicle.

(3)  For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (2)  –

(a) ceases to apply to a vehicle once the vehicle ceases to be operated under an NEPT licence by the holder of the relevant consent referred to in subsection (2)(a) ; and