New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2005 - REG 115

115 Exemptions for emergency services

(1) A person who is an officer, member or member of staff of an emergency service is exempt from the provisions of this Part, but only in relation to the driving of a regulated heavy vehicle in the course of undertaking work for an emergency service.

(2) An "emergency service" means the following:

(a) the State Emergency Service,

(b) the New South Wales Fire Brigades and any permanent fire brigade or volunteer fire brigade within the meaning of the Fire Brigades Act 1989 ,

(c) the NSW Rural Fire Service,

(d) the Ambulance Service of NSW,

(e) the NSW Police Force,

(f) New South Wales Volunteer Rescue Association Inc,

(g) a government agency of another jurisdiction, or a body authorised under the law of another jurisdiction, that has corresponding functions to the bodies referred to in the preceding paragraphs.