26IExemptions for emergency services [NSW]

26I Exemptions for emergency services [NSW]

26I Exemptions for emergency services [NSW]

(1) A person who is an officer, member or member of staff of an emergency service is exempt from section 26C, but only—

(a) in so far as the offending relates to speed or fatigue; and

(b) in relation to the driving of a heavy vehicle—in the course of undertaking work for an emergency service.

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

(3) 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 volunteer fire brigade within the meaning of the Fire Brigades 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.

Note—

This section is inserted for New South Wales.

s 26I: Ins 2018 (354), Sch 1 [2]. Am 2025 No 48, Sch 2.6[1].