265Exemptions for emergency services [NSW]

265 Exemptions for emergency services [NSW]

265 Exemptions for emergency services [NSW]

(1) A person who is an officer, member or member of staff of an emergency service is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter, but only in relation to the driving of a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in the course of undertaking work for an emergency service.

(2) An emergency service is any of the following—

(a) the NSW State Emergency Service established under the State Emergency Service Act 1989 of New South Wales;

(b) Fire and Rescue NSW and any permanent fire brigade or retained fire brigade within the meaning of the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989 of New South Wales;

(c) the NSW Rural Fire Service established by the Rural Fires Act 1997 of New South Wales;

(d) the Ambulance Service of NSW within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 of New South Wales;

(e) the NSW Police Force established by the Police Act 1990 of New South Wales;

(f) VRA Rescue NSW Limited;

(g) a government agency of another jurisdiction, or a body authorised under the law of another jurisdiction, that has corresponding functions to the bodies referred to in any of the above paragraphs.

(3) The exemption provided by this section is in addition to, and does not limit the effect of, the exemption provided by section 265A.

Note—

This section is substituted for New South Wales.

s 265: Am 2018 No 59, Sch 5.1, 5.3 [2]; 2025 No 48, Sch 2.6[2].