Statutory Rules
1979 No. 55
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 19531
I, THE 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 this twenty-ninth day of March 1979.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
RALPH J. HUNT
Minister of State for Health
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AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH
(PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) REGULATIONS2
1 Interpretation
Regulation 5 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by omitting “, or deemed to be approved,” from the definition of “approved pharmaceutical chemist” in sub-regulation (1).
2 Heading
The heading to Part II of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by inserting “, DENTISTS” after “CHEMISTS”.
3 After regulation 8 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
Numbering of approvals
“8A. Where the Permanent Head approves–
(a) a dental practitioner under section 84A of the Act; or
(b) a pharmaceutical chemist under section 90 of the Act,
he may allot a number to that approval.”.
4 Writing of prescriptions
Regulation 19 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) the following paragraph:
“(ca) in the case of a participating dental practitioner, states in the prescription the number allotted to his approval under regulation 8A;”.
5 Supply of pharmaceutical benefits on prescriptions
Regulation 21 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations is amended–
(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (d) (i) “sub-section 85 (5)” and substituting “paragraph 85A (2) (a)”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (d) (ii) “so determined” and substituting “determined for the pharmaceutical benefit by the Minister under paragraph 85A (2) (b) of the Act”.
6 Further amendments of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations
The National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Regulation 6
Provision | Amendment |
Sub-regulation 13 (1)....... | (a) Omit “a determination”, substitute “the application of a determination”; (b) Omit “85 (5) (a)”, substitute “85A (2) (a) or (b)”. |
Sub-regulation 14 (4)....... | Omit “85 (5) (a)”, substitute “85A (2) (b)”. |
Sub-regulation 19 (1)....... | Omit “medical practitioner concerned—”, substitute “medical practitioner or participating dental practitioner concerned”. |
Paragraph 19 (1) (a)...... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
Paragraph 19 (1) (h)...... | Insert “or 85A” after “section 85”. |
Sub-regulation 19 (2)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner” (wherever occurring). |
Sub-regulation 20 (1)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner” (second and third occurring). |
Sub-regulation 20 (2)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
Sub-regulation 22 (1)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
Sub-regulation 22 (3)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
Regulation 24.......... | Omit “88 (5)”, substitute “88 (6)”. Omit “85”, substitute “85A”. |
Paragraph 26 (1) (b)...... | Omit “of his approval under the Act”, substitute “allotted to his approval under regulation 8A”. |
Paragraph 26A (2) (b).... | Omit “of his approval under the Act”, substitute “allotted to his approval under regulation 8A”. |
Sub-regulation 28 (1)..... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
Regulation 34.......... | Insert “or participating dental practitioner” after “medical practitioner”. |
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 April 1979.
2. Statutory Rules 1960 No. 17 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 51 and see also Statutory Rules 1979 No. 51.