Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 2) (318 of 2000)

Schedule 1   Amendments

[2]   After regulation 3A

insert

3B Meaning of emergency vehicle (Act s 5)

An emergency vehicle is a vehicle that is:

(a) operated by an ambulance service, being a vehicle that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning lights; or

(b) operated by a firefighting service, being a vehicle that:

(i) is designed, permanently fitted out and equipped for the purposes of preventing and fighting fires; and

(ii) has external markings that identify the vehicle as a firefighting vehicle; or

(c) operated by a police force or service, being a vehicle that is fitted with a siren and flashing warning light; or

(d) an emergency response, or search and rescue, vehicle that:

(i) is designed and permanently fitted out for the purposes of emergency response or search and rescue operations; and

(ii) has external markings that identify the vehicle as an emergency response, or search and rescue, vehicle; or

(e) a vehicle (that is not mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d)) operated by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, or a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority, as an emergency vehicle.