Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Prescribed Occupations and Employment) Variation Regulations 2019 (SA)

South Australia

Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Prescribed Occupations and Employment) Variation Regulations 2019

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 2006

4            Variation of regulation 3A—Prescribed occupations and employment—aggravated offences

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Criminal Law Consolidation (General) (Prescribed Occupations and Employment) Variation Regulations 2019.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Criminal Law Consolidation (Assaults on Prescribed Emergency Workers) Amendment Act 2019 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 2006

4—Variation of regulation 3A—Prescribed occupations and employment—aggravated offences

1. Regulation 3A(1)—delete "section 5AA(1)(k)(ii)" and substitute:

   section 5AA(1)(ka)

2. Regulation 3A(1), paragraphs (b) to (d)—delete paragraphs (b) to (d) (inclusive) and substitute:

   (b)employment as a person (whether a medical practitioner, nurse, midwife, security officer or otherwise) performing duties in a hospital (including, to avoid doubt, a person providing assistance or services to another person performing duties in a hospital);

   (c)employment as a person (whether a medical practitioner, nurse, pilot or otherwise) performing duties in the course of retrieval medicine;

   (d)employment as a medical practitioner or other health practitioner (both within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia)) attending an out of hours or unscheduled callout, or assessing, stabilising or treating a person at the scene of an accident or other emergency, in a rural area;

3. Regulation 3A(1)—after paragraph (e) insert:

   (f)police support work;

   (g)employment as a court security officer;

   (h)employment as a bailiff appointed under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013;

   (i)employment as a protective security officer within the meaning of the Protective Security Act 2007;

   (j)employment as an inspector within the meaning of the Animal Welfare Act 1985.

4. Regulation 3A(2)—after the definition of accident or emergency department insert:

   court security officer means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff's officer or security officer within the meaning of the Sheriff's Act 1978;

5. Regulation 3A(2), definition of emergency services provider, paragraph (g)—delete paragraph (g) and substitute:

   (g)Air Sea Rescue Squadron Cowell Incorporated; or

   (ga)Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association Incorporated; or

   (gb)Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (SA) Incorporated; or

   (gc)South Australian Sea Rescue Squadron Incorporated; or

   (gd)Victor Harbor‑Goolwa Sea Rescue Squadron Incorporated; or

   (ge)Whyalla Sea Rescue Squadron Incorporated; or

6. Regulation 3A(2)—after the definition of passenger transport work insert:

   police support work means work consisting of the provision of assistance or services to South Australia Police (and includes, to avoid doubt, the provision of assistance or services to a member of the public who is being assisted, or seeking to be assisted, by South Australia Police);

7. Regulation 3A(2)—after the definition of public passenger vehicle insert:

   retrieval medicine means the assessment, stabilisation and transportation to hospital of patients with severe injury or critical illness (other than by a member of SA Ambulance Service Inc);

   rural area means an area outside of Metropolitan Adelaide as defined by GRO Plan 639/93.

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 3 October 2019

No 217 of 2019