National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 N o. 3 7 2 1

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)

Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, T H E GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 20 December 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN.

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

(Sgd) J. J. Carlton

Minister of State for Health

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1983.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 5 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of "approved pharmaceutical chemist" in sub-regulation (1) the following definitions:

"'concessional benefit prescription' has the same meaning as in Part

VII of the Act;

'declaration' means a declaration made in accordance with the requirements of a form that is a prescribed form for the purposes of section 8 4 A A of the Act;"; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of "participating dental practitioner" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition:

" 'pensioner benefit prescription' has the same meaning as in Part

VII of the Act;".

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Writing of prescriptions

3. Regulation 19 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits'

Regulations is amended—

(a)	by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) ",except where that person is a pensioner,";
(b)	by omitting paragraph (1.) (f) ;and
(c)	by omitting from paragraph (1.) (h) "other than pensioners,".

Repeat authorizations

4. Regulation 26 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (d) and substituting the following paragraph:

" (d) in the case of a pensioner benefit prescription or a concessional benefit prescription—mark on the repeat authorization prepared by him the entitlement number appearing in the declaration on the prescription;".

Deferred supply authorizations

5. Regulation 26A of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (2) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(c) in the ease of a pensioner benefit prescription or a concessional benefit prescription—mark on the deferred supply authorization prepared by him the entitlement number appearing in the declaration on the prescription;".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1982.

2.    Statutory Rules 1960 No. 17 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1982 No. 69 and see also Statutory Rules 1982 Nos. 69, 76, 179 and 334.

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