New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE LEVIES ACT 1982 - SECT 17

17 Exemption from ambulance fees

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Chapter 5A of the Health Services Act 1997 , no fee shall be payable by a person in respect of an ambulance service provided to the person in pursuance of that Act if the person was, at the time the service was provided:

(a) a contributor to a health benefits fund conducted by an organisation to which section 10 applies, or

(b) a contributor to the State Ambulance Insurance Plan.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the operation of:

(a) Division 3 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 , or

(b) Division 2 of Part 2 of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942 .

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring on a person any entitlement to the provision of an ambulance service.