False ambulance calls
40 False ambulance calls
A person must not cause an ambulance to attend at any place by any false pretence. Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.
Where a person is convicted by a court of causing, by false pretence, an ambulance to attend at any place, the court may, in addition to imposing the penalty referred to in subsection (1), order that person to pay the cost incurred by the Commissioner in providing the ambulance to attend at that place as a result of that false pretence.
Unless the court otherwise specifies, an amount payable under an order referred to in subsection (2) is payable to the Commissioner.
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