4Non-application of Act

4 Non-application of Act

(1) This Act does not apply to—

(a) any branch of the Australian Defence forces; and

(b) any service in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth, that operates an emergency service that corresponds in nature with the emergency service operated by an ambulance service in Victoria; and

(c) any person in an emergency area who, in operating a non-emergency patient transport service, is acting under the authorisation or direction of—

(i) the person who has declared the area to be an emergency area; or

S. 4(1)(c)(ii) amended by No. 56/2011 s. 29(2).

(ii) the Minister under the Emergency Management Act 1986; and

(d) any other person or class of person whom the Governor in Council declares to be a person or class of person to whom this Act does not apply.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), the Governor in Council may, by Order, declare a person or class of person to be a person or class of person to whom this Act does not apply.

S. 4A inserted by No. 29/2021 s. 7.