National Health (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by public hospitals) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1) (No. PB 84 of 2012) (Cth)
PB 84 of 2012
National Health (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by public hospitals) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1)[1]
National Health Act 1953
I, TANYA PLIBERSEK, Minister for Health, make this Determination under subsection 99(4) of the National Health Act 1953.
Dated 24th September 2012
TANYA PLIBERSEK
Minister for Health
Name of Determination
(1) This Determination is the National Health (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by public hospitals) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1).
(2) This Determination may also be cited as PB 84 of 2012.
Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 October 2012.
Amendment of National Health Act 1953 - Determination under subsection 99(4)
Schedule 1 amends the National Health Act 1953 - Determination under subsection 99(4).
Schedule 1 Amendments
[1] Paragraph 3
Insert:
“approved ex-manufacturer price” has the same meaning as in subsection 84(1) of the Act;
[2] Paragraph 3
Insert:
“pack quantity” has the same meaning as in subsection 84(1) of the Act;
Note: The Minister may determine one or more pack quantities for a brand of a pharmaceutical item under subsection 84AK(2) of the Act. The quantities determined are the quantities in manufacturer’s PBS packs.
[3] Paragraph 3, definition of "price ex-manufacturer"
Omit the definition.
Insert:
“proportional ex-manufacturer price” has the same meaning as in subsection 84(1) of the Act;
[4] Paragraph 8
Omit.
[5] Paragraph 9
Omit.
Substitute:
The dispensed price of a ready-prepared pharmaceutical benefit will be:
(a) where the quantity of the benefit ordered and supplied is equal to a multiple of a pack quantity of the benefit, the approved ex-manufacturer price or the proportional ex-manufacturer price for each pack quantity, increased by a mark-up of 11.1%; or
(b) where the quantity of the benefit ordered and supplied is less than a pack quantity, the amount worked out in accordance with paragraph 11; or
(c) where the quantity of the benefit ordered and supplied is more than the quantity contained in a multiple of a pack quantity of the benefit, the approved ex-manufacturer price or the proportional ex-manufacturer price for each pack quantity, increased by a mark-up of 11.1%, plus the amount worked out in accordance with paragraph 11 in respect of the remainder of the quantity supplied that is less than a pack quantity.
[6] Paragraph 11
Omit.
Substitute:
Where a quantity of a benefit ordered and supplied is less than the quantity contained in a pack quantity of the benefit (i.e., a broken quantity), the amount referred to in subparagraph 9(b) or (c) will be worked out by:
(a) ascertaining the percentage that the quantity or number of units in the broken quantity bears to the pack quantity; and
(b) taking that percentage of the approved ex-manufacturer price or the proportional ex-manufacturer price for the pack quantity, increased by a mark-up of 11.1%.
[7] Paragraph 13A
Omit.
[1] Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See
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