83—Speed in emergency service speed zone
(1) A person must not,
while driving through an emergency service speed zone, drive at a speed
greater than—
(a)
25 kilometres per hour; or
(b) if a
lesser speed is required in the circumstances to avoid endangering any
person—that lesser speed.
Note—
The penalty for a contravention against this section is set out in
section 164A.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is driving on a road that is
divided by a median strip and the emergency service speed zone is on the other
side of the road beyond the median strip.
(3) In this
section—
"emergency service speed zone" means an area of road—
(a) in
the immediate vicinity of an emergency vehicle that has stopped on the road
and is displaying a flashing blue or red light (whether or not it is also
displaying other lights); or
(b)
between 2 sets of flashing blue or red lights that have been placed by an
emergency worker at either end of a length of road on which an
emergency vehicle has stopped;
"emergency vehicle" means a vehicle used by an emergency worker;
"emergency worker" means a police officer or a person who is an
emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this
section.