Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Airservices Australia Emergency Worker Declaration 2012

Disallowable Instrument DI 2012-242

made under the

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2000,
section 66 (1) (g) (power to declare a person to be an emergency worker)

1.	Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Airservices Australia Emergency Worker Declaration 2012.

2.	Commencement

This instrument commences the day after notification.

3.	Declaration

I declare that a person who is an employee of Airservices Australia and who is a member of the Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service is an emergency worker for section 66 (1) (g) of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2000.

Note 1:  a person who is an emergency worker may drive an emergency vehicle.  Rule 306 of the Australian Road Rules provides that a provision of the Australian Road Rules does not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle, providing that the driver is taking reasonable care, it is reasonable that the rule should not apply and the vehicle is displaying flashing lights or sounding an alarm.

Note 2:  emergency vehicle is defined in the Dictionary to the Australian Road Rules.

4.	Definitions

In this instrument:

Airservices Australia means the body established under section 7 of the Air Services Act 1995 (Cwlth)

Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service means the rescue and fire fighting service under Division 2 of Part 4 of the Air Services Regulations 1995 (Cwlth)

Kathy Leigh
Road Transport Authority
31.10.12