National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1) (Cth)

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 160

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 21 June 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 July 2007.

Amendment of National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960

Schedule 1 amends the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After paragraph 19 (1) (aa)

insert

(b)for an authority prescription — writes on it:

(i)the authority approval number allotted by the Medicare Australia CEO, unless the prescription is to be posted or delivered to the Medicare Australia CEO for authorisation; or

(ii)the streamlined authority code mentioned in the Declaration under subsection 85 (2), or the Determination under sections 85, 85A and 88, of the Act for the pharmaceutical benefit, and its circumstances or purpose, being prescribed; and

Note

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