FAQs

• Owners of designated buildings and facilities (listed at section 4 of the Act) or prescribed buildings (as per section 5 of the Act).
• Relevant authorities of prescribed vehicles (train, tram, public buses and any prescribed by regulation) and emergency service vehicles.

• Crown needs to comply with the Act by 1 January 2025.
• Non-Crown needs to comply with the Act by 1 January 2026.

• AEDs installed for the purpose of the Act must be TGA approved.
• SA Health recommends ensuring AEDs meet the Australian New Zealand Resuscitation Council Guidelines.

• If the designated building or facility or prescribed building is on land used for a commercial purpose, 1 AED will be required for every 1,200m of applicable floor area.
• In any other case, designated buildings or facilities or prescribed buildings will require 1 AED per building/facility.

Note – the above applies in relation to the current Act. The proposed amendment bill includes a definition for ‘commercial purpose’, and aligns floor area for the purpose of the Act’s requirements with publicly accessible floor area.

• All AEDs installed for the purpose of the Act need to be registered by the relevant operational date (1 January 2025 for Crown, 1 January 2026 for Non-Crown).
• Owners will be able to register their AEDs via an online form to be available on the SA Health AED website in due course.