Ambulance Service Act 1982

The Secretary must not grant a licence to provide non-emergency patient transport services unless satisfied that – if the applicant is a natural person, the applicant is a fit and proper person; or if the applicant is a body corporate, the chief executive officer and each director of the body corporate is a fit and proper person.

In determining an application under section 35A, the Secretary may consider the suitability of the following:the equipment and vehicles intended to provide the non-emergency patient transport services; the intended operating arrangements for staff of the NEPT Service and whether such arrangements comply with this Act; the intended arrangements for maintaining or improving the quality of the non-emergency patient transport services to be provided; the evaluation and monitoring processes intended to be in place in respect of the NEPT Service; any other matter or information the Secretary thinks relevant.