17Exemption from ambulance fees

17 Exemption from ambulance fees

17 Exemption from ambulance fees

(1) (Repealed)

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Chapter 5A of the Health Services Act 1997, no fee shall be payable by a person in respect of an ambulance service provided to the person in pursuance of that Act if the person was, at the time the service was provided:

(a) a contributor to a health benefits fund conducted by an organisation to which section 10 applies, or

(b) a contributor to the State Ambulance Insurance Plan.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the operation of:

(a) Division 3 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, or

(b) Division 2 of Part 2 of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring on a person any entitlement to the provision of an ambulance service.

s 17: Am 1983 No 162, Schs 1 (8), 2 (6); 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 2009 No 51, Sch 7.2 [3].