New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67J

67J Obstruction of and violence against ambulance officers

(1) A person must not intentionally obstruct or hinder an ambulance officer when the ambulance officer is providing or attempting to provide ambulance services to another person or persons.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A person must not, by an act of violence against an ambulance officer, intentionally obstruct or hinder the ambulance officer when the ambulance officer is providing or attempting to provide ambulance services to another person or persons.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

(3) If on the trial of a person charged with an offence against subsection (2) the trier of fact is not satisfied that the offence is proven but is satisfied that the person has committed an offence against subsection (1), the trier of fact may acquit the person of the offence charged and find the person guilty of an offence against subsection (1). The person is liable to punishment accordingly.

(4) In this section:
"ambulance officer" means a member of staff of the Ambulance Service of NSW.
"ambulance services" means the work of rendering first aid to, or transporting, sick and injured persons.