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HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67F Unauthorised collections

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67F

Unauthorised collections

67F Unauthorised collections

(1) A person must not organise, conduct or take part in the collection or soliciting of money or property from the public for, towards or in return for the provision of ambulance services without the consent of the Health Secretary and except in accordance with such conditions (if any) as the Health Secretary may from time to time impose.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) The Health Secretary may revoke any consent given, or revoke or vary any condition imposed, under this section.
(3) This section does not apply to--
(a) any person engaged in the conduct or operation of the State Ambulance Insurance Plan established under the Health Insurance Levies Act 1982 , or
(b) an insurer under a policy of insurance to the extent that the money or the property represents consideration for an indemnity provided in that policy against the cost of the transport of a sick or injured person, being an indemnity incidental to the risks insured under that policy, or
(c) any person (or class of persons) prescribed by the regulations, or
(d) any person acting as authorised by this Act.