National Health Act 1953 Amendment Special Arrangements under section 100(1) Special Authority Program Trastuzumab (No. PB 127 of 2009) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Instrument number PB 127 of 2009

Amendment Special Arrangements under subsection 100(1) of the National Health Act 1953

I, CHRIS BEDFORD, Acting Assistant Secretary, Access and Systems Branch, Department of Health and Ageing, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make this instrument under subsection 100(1) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 11 December 2009     

Signed

CHRIS BEDFORD

Acting Assistant Secretary

Access and Systems Branch

Department of Health and Ageing

Special Arrangements: Special Authority Program – Trastuzumab

1              Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 January 2010.

2              Amendment of PB 56 of 2009

Schedule 1 amends PB 56 of 2009.

Schedule 1                 Amendments

1. Paragraph 20

omit paragraph and substitute:

20.       For the purposes of 19, the dispensed price is to be ascertained in accordance with paragraphs 33 to 35 of the arrangements made under subparagraph 100(1)(b)(i) of the Act for highly specialised drugs and set out in No. PB 125 of 2009 as in force from time to time as if those arrangements applied to trastuzumab.

1. Paragraph 22

omit subparagraphs a, b and c and substitute:

(a)        the price ex manufacturer of the manufacturer's pack; and

(b)        a mark-up of 11.1%.