Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Driving at Extreme Speed) Variation Regulations 2021 (SA)

South Australia

Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Driving at Extreme Speed) Variation Regulations 2021

under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Criminal Law Consolidation (General) Regulations 2021

4            Substitution of regulation 5

5            Emergency workers, emergency vehicles and employing authorities

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Driving at Extreme Speed) Variation Regulations 2021.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which section 6 of the Criminal Law Consolidation (Extreme Speed) Amendment Act 2021 comes into operation.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Criminal Law Consolidation (General) Regulations 2021

4—Substitution of regulation 5

Regulation 5—delete the regulation and substitute:

5—Emergency workers, emergency vehicles and employing authorities

(1)For the purposes of—

(a)the definition of emergency worker in section 19A(11) of the Act; and

(b)the definition of emergency vehicle in section 19ADA(10) of the Act,

a person who—

(c)is a member of an emergency services organisation within the meaning of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005; or

(d)is engaged in the provision of emergency ambulance services in accordance with section 57(1) of the Health Care Act 2008 on behalf of SA Ambulance Service Inc,

is an emergency worker for the purposes of sections 19A and 19ADA of the Act.

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of employing authority in section 19A(11) of the Act—

(a)the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS) is the employing authority for an emergency worker who is a member of SACFS;

(b)the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the employing authority for an emergency worker who is a member of SAMFS;

(c)the Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian State Emergency Service (SASES) is the employing authority for an emergency worker who is a member of SASES;

(d)the Chief Executive Officer of SA Ambulance Service Inc (SAAS) is the employing authority for an emergency worker referred to in subregulation (1)(d).

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 16 December 2021

No 189 of 2021