Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made(1) An approved person who has time-critical duties on the way to, or during, an emergency is exempted in the course of carrying out the duties from the following provisions--
(a) part 3;
(b) part 4 other than division 4 or 5.
(2) An approved person who is returning from attending an emergency is not exempted from the provisions mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) In this section--
approved person means--
(a) a person acting for an emergency service; or
(b) another person approved by the chief executive to carry out duties under this section if an emergency arises.
emergency means an event, or an anticipated event, that--
(a) endangers, or may endanger, life, property or the environment; or
(b) has disrupted, or may disrupt, communications, energy supply, water supply or sewerage services; or
(c) is declared to be an emergency or disaster by--
(i) the Commonwealth or a State; or
(ii) a Commonwealth or State authority responsible for managing responses to emergencies or disasters.
Examples of an emergency--
fire, explosion or natural disaster
emergency service means an entity that has a statutory responsibility to respond to an emergency and includes the following--
(a) an ambulance service;
(b) a fire brigade, including a volunteer fire brigade;
(c) a police service or police force;
(d) a disaster or emergency organisation of the Commonwealth or a State.