Version No. 011
Ambulance Services Act 1986
Act No. 114/1986
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 July 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Definitions 1
PART 2—THE VICTORIAN AMBULANCE BOARD 3
4. Victorian Ambulance Board 3
5. Functions of the Board 3
6. Powers of the Board 5
7. Membership of the Board 5
8. Meetings of the Board 7
PART 3—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE CHIEF
GENERAL MANAGER 9
9. Functions of the Chief General Manager 9
10. General powers of the Chief General Manager 11
11. Duty of the Chief General Manager to inspect 13
12. Power to grant subsidies 14
13. Power to inquire 14
14. Director of Ambulance Services 14
PART 4—AMBULANCE SERVICES 16
15. Objectives of ambulance services 16
16. Powers of ambulance services 16
17. Membership of committees of management 16
18. Functions of committee of management 17
19. Powers of committee of management 18
20. Meetings of the committee of management 19
21. Appointment of Regional Superintendent 20
22. Suspension and dismissal of Regional Superintendent 20
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PART 5—CREATION, MODIFICATION AND ABOLITION OF
AMBULANCE SERVICES 22
23. Creation, modification and abolition of ambulance services 22
PART 6—AMBULANCE OFFICERS TRAINING CENTRE 26
24. Ambulance Officers Training Centre 26
25. Objectives of the Centre 26
26. Powers of the Centre 27
27. Committee of management of the Centre1
27
28. Functions of committee of management 28
29. Powers of the committee of management 29
30. Meetings of the committee of management 29
31. Appointment of an Executive Director 30
32. Suspension and dismissal of Executive Director 31
PART 7—GENERAL PROVISIONS 32
33. Power to accept gifts 32
34. Capital expenditure 32
35. Appointment of an administrator 33
36. By-laws 34
37, 38. Repealed 35
PART 8—OFFENCES 36
39. Offences 36
PART 9—REGULATIONS 38
40. Regulations 38
PART 10—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, AMENDMENTS AND
REPEALS 39
41. Transitional provisions for ambulance services 39
42. Ambulance Officers Training Centre 39
43. Investments 40
44. Power to borrow money 40
45-47. Repealed 42
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SCHEDULES 43
SCHEDULE 1—Ambulance Services 43
SCHEDULE 2—Repealed 43
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NOTES 44
1. General Information 44
2. Table of Amendments 45
3. Explanatory Details 46