EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 NO. 391
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953
NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS)
REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 140 of the National Health Act 1953 (“the Act”) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Regulations make a number of minor amendments to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations to:
• replace references to “pharmaceutical chemist” with “pharmacist” (in line with amendments to the Act made by the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986);
• correct drafting errors in regulations 19 and 21; and
• bring regulations 31 and 32 into line with current practice.
The Regulations came into operation on the date of their notification in the Gazette.