Ambulance Transport Service and Crown Employees Appeal Board (Amendment) Act 1962 (NSW)

AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE AND CROWN EMPLOYEES APPEAL BOARD (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 10, 1962.

An Act to make provision for the establishment and operation of Aerial Ambulance Services; to make further provisions in relation to members of the New South Wales Ambulance Transport Service Board and District Ambulance Committees; to rezone the Brisbane Water District Ambulance Service; for these and other purposes to amend the Ambulance Transport Service Act, 1919-1956, and the Crown Employees Appeal Board Act, 1944-1960; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 21st May, 1962.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative	Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : —
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Ambulance Transport Service and Crown Employees Appeal Board (Amendment) Act, 1962". (2)

(2) The Ambulance Transport Service Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Ambulance Transport Service Act, 1919-1962.

(3) The Crown Employees Appeal Board Act, 1944, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Crown Employees Appeal Board Act, 1944- 1962.

(4) This Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

1. The Ambulance Transport Service Act, 1919-1956, is

amended—

(a) (i) by inserting in section three after the words "members of such board" the words "other than the chairman";

(ii)   by inserting at the end of the same section the following new subsection—

(2) The chairman shall receive such

remuneration as may from time to time be
determined by the Governor.

(b) (i) by inserting at the end of paragraph (i) of subsection one of section four the words "and the Brisbane Water District Committee";

(ii) by inserting at the end of the same section

the following new subsection—

(4) A person of or above the age of
seventy years shall not be appointed as a
member (other than chairman) of the board.

A person of or above the age of sixty-five

years shall not be appointed as chairman.

(c) (i) by inserting in section six after the word

"board" the words "other than the chairman";

(ii)

(ii)   by inserting at the end of the same section the following new subsection—

(2) The chairman shall, subject to this Act, hold office for a period of seven years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

(d) by inserting at the end of subsection one of section nine the following new paragraphs—

A member (other than the chairman) shall be deemed to have vacated his office upon the day on which he attains the age of seventy years.

The chairman shall be deemed to have vacated his office upon the day on which he attains the age of sixty-five years.

(e) by inserting next after section eleven the following new subheading and sections—

Aerial Ambulance Services.

11A. (1) The board may—

(a)	provide, conduct, operate and maintain aerial ambulance services;
(b)	enter into arrangements with any other person to provide, conduct, operate and maintain aerial ambulance services.

(2) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of subsection one of this section the board may—

(a) purchase, hire, charter or otherwise acquire lawful possession of any aircraft and aircraft accessories;

(b)	acquire, lease or enter into arrangements
with any person for the use of any aero­ drome and aerodrome facilities;
(c)	enter into arrangements with any person for the rendering of any services which would enable the aerial ambulance services to operate efficiently;
(d)	with the approval of the Treasurer borrow or raise money for the purposes of this section;

(e)

(e)	convey, sell, mortgage, let, lease, grant licences, easements, options and other rights over and in other manner dispose of or deal with the property, assets, rights or effects of the board connected with the aerial ambulance services;
(f)	use or devote any of its funds, assets or property for the purpose of providing, con­ ducting, operating and maintaining aerial ambulance services;
(g)	co-operate with or give assistance to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (N.S.W. Section) and the Bush Church Aid Society.

11B. All district committees and district ambu­ lance services shall take all practicable measures to co-operate with the board towards securing the efficient operation of the aerial ambulance services by supplying road transport and rendering aid to the sick and injured and otherwise as may be necessary.

11c. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (N.S.W. Section) and the Bush Church Aid Society, to provide, conduct, operate or maintain any aerial ambulance service except with the sanction of the board.

11D. Any person who commits a breach of section 1 l c of this Act shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction before a stipendiary

magistrate be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty	pounds.
(f)	by inserting at the end of section thirteen the follow­ ing new subsection—

(2) A person of or above the age of seventy years shall not be elected as a member of a district committee.

A member of a district committee shall be deemed to have vacated his office upon the day on which he attains the age of seventy years.

(g)

(g) by omitting from section 14A all words appearing after paragraph (2) and by inserting in lieu thereof the following paragraph—

(3) (a) Any member of an industrial contribu­ tion scheme who in any year between the first day of July and the thirtieth day of June next following has paid by way of contribution to such scheme an amount of not less than ten shillings.

(b)

Such member shall be deemed to be a contributor as and from the first day of July next following the last-men­ tioned date and for a period of twelve months if, within the prescribed time, he produces to the returning officer a statement signed by his employer or an authorised officer of such employer, or a statement by himself and witnessed by a justice of the peace, certifying that the contributor has contributed not less than ten shillings to an industrial con­ tribution scheme within the period referred to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.

(c)

Any person who produces to the returning officer any statement which is false in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction before a stipendiary magis­ trate be liable to a penalty not exceed­

ing fifty pounds.

(h) by inserting next after paragraph (h1) of subsection one of section twenty-two the following new paragraph : —

(h2) for ensuring the effective operation of aerial ambulance services and for purposes ancil­ lary thereto, including the determination of rates of payment or contributions for use of such aerial ambulance services, the collec­ tion of such payments or contributions, and

the

the imposition and conferring of duties, powers and authorities upon district com- mittees in relation thereto.

3. The Crown Employees Appeal Board Act, 1944-1960,

is amended by inserting at the end of the Second Schedule
the following words : —

District Committees appointed and delimited under the provisions of the Ambulance Transport Service Act, 1919-1962.