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20 Volunteers engaged in providing ambulance services to be taken to be workers

(1)  In this section –

ambulance provider means –

(a) the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ; or

(b) [Section 20 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] the Commissioner of Ambulance Services; or

(c) [Section 20 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] any officer of the Ambulance Service;

[Section 20 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] Commissioner of Ambulance Services means the Commissioner within the meaning of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 .

(2)  [Section 20 Subsection (2) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] For the purposes of this section, ambulance services and "officer of the Ambulance Service" have the meanings assigned to those expressions respectively by section 3 of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 .

(3)  A person who, as a volunteer, engages in ambulance services –

(a) with the consent of, under the authority of, or in cooperation with, an ambulance provider; or

(b) [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] [Section 20 Subsection (3) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] in pursuance of an arrangement made with the person by the Commissioner of Ambulance Services in the exercise of the performance of that Commissioner's functions under the Ambulance Service Act 1982  –

is to be taken to be, for the purposes of this Act, a worker employed by the Crown while so engaged.

(4)  [Section 20 Subsection (4) amended by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] For the purposes of subsection (3) , a person engages in ambulances services as a volunteer only if the person engages in the operations otherwise than under a contract for services, a contract of service, or a training contract, with –

(a) the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ; or

(b) [Section 20 Subsection (4) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] the Commissioner of Ambulance Services.

(5)  References in this section to engaging in ambulance services are to be construed as including references to the undergoing of training or instruction in those services.