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These regulations may be cited as the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016 .
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Tasmania regulation
These regulations let the Ambulance Commissioner (with the Minister’s approval) pay volunteers for services and allow reimbursement of volunteers’ out‑of‑pocket costs, with regional managers able to reimburse under Commissioner policy (regs 3–4). They also prescribe which state and territory ambulance organisations count as ‘interstate services’ for the Ambulance Service Act (reg 5). This sets who decides payments, creates discretion-based payment entitlements, and clarifies which external services fall within the Act’s interstate rules.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Ambulance Service Regulations 2016.
These regulations may be cited as the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016 .
These regulations take effect on 29 November 2016.
The Commissioner, with the approval of the Minister, may pay to any person, in respect of voluntary services rendered by that person to the Commissioner, any amount the Commissioner considers reasonable in a manner the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(1) The Commissioner, on the recommendation of a regional manager, may reimburse a volunteer ambulance officer who has incurred out-of-pocket expenses, while providing ambulance services, any amount the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(2) A regional manager may reimburse a volunteer ambulance officer who has incurred out-of-pocket expenses, while providing ambulance services, any amount the regional manager considers appropriate, if the reimbursement is in accordance with a policy determined by the Commissioner.
[Regulation 5 Inserted by S.R. 2018, No. 82, Applied:26 Dec 2018] For the purposes of section 38A of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 , each of the following ambulance services is prescribed for the purposes of the definition of interstate service in that section:
(a) the Ambulance Service of NSW within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 of New South Wales;
(b) the Ambulance Service –Victoria within the meaning of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 of Victoria;
(c) the Queensland Ambulance Service established under section 3A of the Ambulance Service Act 1991 of Queensland;
(d) the SA Ambulance Service Inc continued in existence under section 49 of the Health Care Act 2008 of South Australia;
(e) the ACT Ambulance Service established under section 40 of the Emergencies Act 2004 of the Australian Capital Territory;
(f) St John Ambulance Western Australia Ltd (ABN 55 028 468 715);
(g) St John Ambulance Australia NT Inc (ABN 85 502 986 808).
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 16 November 2016
These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
These regulations may be cited as the Ambulance Service Regulations 2016 .
These regulations take effect on 29 November 2016.
The Commissioner, with the approval of the Minister, may pay to any person, in respect of voluntary services rendered by that person to the Commissioner, any amount the Commissioner considers reasonable in a manner the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(1) The Commissioner, on the recommendation of a regional manager, may reimburse a volunteer ambulance officer who has incurred out-of-pocket expenses, while providing ambulance services, any amount the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(2) A regional manager may reimburse a volunteer ambulance officer who has incurred out-of-pocket expenses, while providing ambulance services, any amount the regional manager considers appropriate, if the reimbursement is in accordance with a policy determined by the Commissioner.
[Regulation 5 Inserted by S.R. 2018, No. 82, Applied:26 Dec 2018] For the purposes of section 38A of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 , each of the following ambulance services is prescribed for the purposes of the definition of interstate service in that section:
(a) the Ambulance Service of NSW within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 of New South Wales;
(b) the Ambulance Service –Victoria within the meaning of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 of Victoria;
(c) the Queensland Ambulance Service established under section 3A of the Ambulance Service Act 1991 of Queensland;
(d) the SA Ambulance Service Inc continued in existence under section 49 of the of South Australia;
(e) the ACT Ambulance Service established under section 40 of the Emergencies Act 2004 of the Australian Capital Territory;
(f) St John Ambulance Western Australia Ltd (ABN 55 028 468 715);
(g) St John Ambulance Australia NT Inc (ABN 85 502 986 808).
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 16 November 2016
These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.