16Voluntary ambulance workers

16 Voluntary ambulance workers

16 Voluntary ambulance workers

(cf former Sch 1 cl 16)

(1) A person who (without remuneration or reward) voluntarily and without obligation engages in any ambulance work with the consent of or under the authority and supervision of or in co-operation with the Health Administration Corporation constituted by the Health Administration Act 1982 is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to be a worker employed by that Corporation.

(2) For the purposes of assessing the compensation payable to a person to whom this clause applies, the “average weekly earnings” of the person are—

(a) if the person was working under a contract of service immediately before engaging in the ambulance work—to be computed according to the earnings of the person under that contract of employment, or

(b) if the person was not working under a contract of service immediately before engaging in the ambulance work—to be such amount as the Commission considers to be reasonable in the circumstances.

(3) In this clause, ambulance work means work in or in connection with the rendering of first aid to, or the transport of, sick or injured persons.