South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts9—Amendment of section 45—Careless driving
(1) Section 45—after subsection (4) insert:
(4a) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section for the defendant to prove that he or she was, at the time of the offence—
(a) carrying out duties as an emergency worker; and
(b) acting in accordance with the directions of his or her employing authority; and
(c) acting reasonably in the circumstances as he or she believed them to be.
(2) Section 45(5)—before the definition of "serious harm" insert:
"emergency worker" means a police officer or a person who is an emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this section;
"employing authority" means—
(a) in relation to a police officer—the Commissioner of Police; or
(b) in relation to a person who is an emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this section—the person defined by the regulations as the employing authority for that person;