For the purposes of sections 72A(b) and 73(6) of the Act, the following vehicles and classes of vehicle are exempt from the payment of tolls—
(a) an ambulance under the control of—
(i) an ambulance service within the meaning of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 ; or
(ii) an ambulance service created under a law in force in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that the Minister, by notice in the Government Gazette, declares to be an ambulance service to which this paragraph applies; or
(iii) the Australian Defence Force;
(b) a fire service unit under the control of—
(i) the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board; or
(ii) the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; or
(iii) the Country Fire Authority; or
(iv) the Australian Defence Force;
(c) a vehicle under the control of, or being used in the course of duty by—
(i) a police officer or a member of a police force of another jurisdiction within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013 ; or
(ii) a member of a police force or police service of the Military, Naval or Air Force Police of the Australian Defence Force;
(d) a vehicle under the control of the Australian Defence Force that is being used to convey any of its members or property while on march or duty;
(e) a vehicle being used to convey a member of the Australian Army engaged in connection with emergency ordinance disposal procedures;
(f) an emergency vehicle being used in an emergency that is under the control of—
(i) Airservices Australia established under the Air Services Act 1995 of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) the Emergency Management Commissioner within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 2013 ; or
(iii) the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority established under the Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005 .
Note
"Emergency" has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Emergency Management Act 2013 .