3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In these regulations –

Act means the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ;

business hours means the hours between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 ;

emergency ambulance services means ambulance services provided as –

(a) an immediate response to a potentially life-threatening incident with the use of lights and sirens; or

(b) a non-immediate response without the use of lights and sirens;

first intervention vehicle means a vehicle that –

(a) is not an ambulance or a specialised rescue vehicle; and

(b) is operated by, or on behalf of, the Ambulance Service to provide ambulance services other than non-emergency patient transport services;

flight paramedic means an officer of the Ambulance service with accreditation under the appropriate award in relation to the provision of advanced life support on an aircraft;

intensive care paramedic means an officer of the Ambulance Service with accreditation under the appropriate award in relation to the provision of advanced life support;

non-emergency patient-transport vehicle means a vehicle equipped to provide non-emergency patient transport services in accordance with the Act;

patient-transport officer means an employee of the Ambulance Service, who, as a part of that employment, provides non-emergency patient transport services;

round trip means the distance travelled by, or the time taken by, an ambulance, non-emergency patient-transport vehicle, first intervention vehicle, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopter or vessel from the start of a trip until it –