EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953
NATIONAL HEALTH (REMOTE ABORIGINAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM) SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AMENDMENT INSTRUMENT 2014 (NO. 2)
PB 99 of 2014
Authority
Subsection 100(1) of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act) enables the Minister to make special arrangements for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits. Subsection 100(2) of the Act provides that the Minister may vary or revoke a special arrangement made under subsection 100(1).
Subsection 100(3) of the Act provides that Part VII of the Act, and instruments made for the purposes of Part VII, have effect subject to a special arrangement made under subsection 100(1).
Purpose
This legislative instrument is made under subsections 100(1) and 100(2) of the Act, is to amend the National Health (Remote Aboriginal Health Services Program) Special Arrangements Instrument 2010 (PB 65 of 2010) (the Special Arrangement). This Special Arrangement provides for the supply to remote Aboriginal Health Services of pharmaceutical benefits.
The purpose of the amendment is to exclude certain conditions relating to the approval of a person as an approved pharmacist from applying in circumstances relating to supplies made under the Remote Aboriginal Health Services Programme.
A provision by provision description of this instrument is contained in the Attachment.
Consultations
The Department of Health has not consulted on this change, which is of a minor nature.
This Instrument is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
ATTACHMENT
PROVISION BY PROVISION DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH (REMOTE ABORIGINAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM) SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AMENDMENT INSTRUMENT 2014 (NO. 2)
Section 1 Name of Instrument
This section provides this Instrument is named the National Health (Remote Aboriginal Health Services Program) Special Arrangements Amendment Instrument 2014 (No. 2). It may be cited as PB 99 of 2014.
Section 2 Commencement
This section provides that this Instrument commences on 1 December 2014.
Section 3 Amendments to PB 65 of 2010
This section provides that Schedule 1 amends the Special Arrangement.
Schedule 1 Amendments
Item 1 inserts a new section 10 stating that subsection 8(3) of the conditions of approval for approved pharmacists made under paragraph 92A(1)(f) of the Act does not apply to the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit under this arrangement.