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Ambulance Service Act 1991
sec.36ZBRCA report not admissible in evidence
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### sec.36ZB RCA report not admissible in evidence
An RCA report is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings, including, for example—
a civil proceeding; or
a criminal proceeding; or
a disciplinary proceeding under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law .
However, a copy of an RCA report given to a coroner under section 36Q may be admitted in evidence by a coroner in an inquest under the Coroners Act 2003 into the death of a person—
if section 36Q (1) applies—if the reportable event is the death; or
if section 36Q (2) applies—if the reportable event happened while an ambulance service was being provided to the person.
Subsection (1) applies subject to section 36T (2) .
s 36ZB ins 2007 No. 28 s 50
amd 2010 No. 14 s 3 sch ; 2013 No. 13 s 5 ; 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1
(sec.36ZB-ssec.1) An RCA report is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings, including, for example— a civil proceeding; or a criminal proceeding; or a disciplinary proceeding under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law .
(sec.36ZB-ssec.2) However, a copy of an RCA report given to a coroner under section 36Q may be admitted in evidence by a coroner in an inquest under the Coroners Act 2003 into the death of a person— if section 36Q (1) applies—if the reportable event is the death; or if section 36Q (2) applies—if the reportable event happened while an ambulance service was being provided to the person.
(sec.36ZB-ssec.3) Subsection (1) applies subject to section 36T (2) .
- (a) a civil proceeding; or
- (b) a criminal proceeding; or
- (c) a disciplinary proceeding under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law .
- (a) if section 36Q (1) applies—if the reportable event is the death; or
- (b) if section 36Q (2) applies—if the reportable event happened while an ambulance service was being provided to the person.