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Ambulance Service Act 1991
sec.50COrder for payment if guilty of false call
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### sec.50C Order for payment if guilty of false call
If a person is convicted by a court of an offence against section 47 , the court may order the person to pay to the service, a reasonable amount for the expenses of or incidental to the provision of the ambulance service that was requested by the person.
The court may make an order under subsection (1) in addition to imposing a penalty for the offence.
An amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1) may be recovered by the service as a debt owing to it by the person.
Subsection (1) does not limit the court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or another law.
s 50C ins 2008 No. 64 s 10
(sec.50C-ssec.1) If a person is convicted by a court of an offence against section 47 , the court may order the person to pay to the service, a reasonable amount for the expenses of or incidental to the provision of the ambulance service that was requested by the person.
(sec.50C-ssec.2) The court may make an order under subsection (1) in addition to imposing a penalty for the offence.
(sec.50C-ssec.3) An amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1) may be recovered by the service as a debt owing to it by the person.
(sec.50C-ssec.4) Subsection (1) does not limit the court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or another law.