New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67M

67M Who is liable for payment of ambulance fee

(1) A person is liable for payment of an ambulance fee for ambulance services provided to the person.

(2) A person is not liable for payment of an ambulance fee if the person is a child.

(3) However, if ambulance services are provided to a child, each parent or guardian of the child is jointly and severally liable for payment of an ambulance fee for the provision of those ambulance services.

(4) A parent or guardian of a child who pays an ambulance fee for the provision of ambulance services to that child is entitled to recover a contribution from any other parent or guardian who is also liable for payment of that fee.

(5) The contribution payable-

(a) is to be determined as if each parent or guardian of the child were liable for an equal share of the ambulance fee, and

(b) is recoverable as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(6) A court may reduce a person’s contribution, or exempt a person from making a contribution, if the court considers it just and equitable in the circumstances.