Health Services Act 1997

A person is liable for payment of an ambulance fee for ambulance services provided to the person.

A person is not liable for payment of an ambulance fee if the person is a child.

However, if ambulance services are provided to a child, each parent or guardian of the child is jointly and severally liable for payment of an ambulance fee for the provision of those ambulance services.

A parent or guardian of a child who pays an ambulance fee for the provision of ambulance services to that child is entitled to recover a contribution from any other parent or guardian who is also liable for payment of that fee.

The contribution payable—

is to be determined as if each parent or guardian of the child were liable for an equal share of the ambulance fee, and

is recoverable as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

A court may reduce a person’s contribution, or exempt a person from making a contribution, if the court considers it just and equitable in the circumstances.