116Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services

116 Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services

116 Exemption for fire brigades and other emergency services

(1) A person is not guilty of an offence under this Act or the regulations for any act or omission if it was done or omitted in good faith as a member of a fire brigade, a rural fire brigade, the State Emergency Service or other accredited rescue unit.

(2) This section has effect despite anything in this Act.

(3) In this section—

accredited rescue unit has the same meaning as it has in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989.

s 116: Am 2005 No 96, Sch 2.2 [1] [2].