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3. The ambulance fees are determined through the ACT Special Gazette No 554, Monday, 1 July 1991, Health Services Act 1990 Board of Health Determination of Fees and Charges, ACT Determination No 21 of 1991. These are:

Where on the provision of the ambulance service for a person:. (a) the distance necessarily travelled by the ambulance from its station and in returning to its station exceeds 16 kilometres: $160.00 per service plus $4.60 for every kilometre exceeding 16 kilometres. (b) in any other case: $160.00 per service.

Where 3 or more persons are transported together in an ambulance: The amount payable by each person is equal to three quarters of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this Determination.

Where the ambulance vehicle is made available at the request of a person or organisation conducting a sporting event or other public function and: (a) the vehicle is so made available for 4 hours or less: $328.00 per service, (b) the vehicle is made available for more than 4 hours; the aggregate of $328.00 per service and amount calculated at the rate of $82.00 for each hour or part of an hour by which the period during which the vehicle is so made available exceeds four hours.

4. Yes there have been occasions when the ACT Ambulance Service have not been able to attend sporting events.

(a) the ACT Ambulance Services records show two separate

incidents where they did not provide a unit. These

incidents were the Gaelic Football Test Match in November

1990 and the Harness Races in November 1990.

(b) On both the above occasions the Service was involved in

industrial disputation action. Due to industrial bans the

Service was unable to attend.

available sporting events throughout the year.

(d) As the Service did not attend the above functions there

were no fees charged to the organizations.

(e) On 27 October 1990, the ACT Racing Club expressed

concern at the late arrival of the Ambulance although the

ambulance was in fact not late. The first race is 1.30 pm

and the ambulance arrived at 1.25 pm.

(f) On the occasions where the Service did not attend due

to industrial bans, the Service formerly wrote to the

organisations prior to the event, with an explanation as to

our absences.

5. There have been no injuries to humans or livestock resulting from poor attendance of emergency vehicles at sporting venues.

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