Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 84AAA

             (1)  A supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person (whether or not that supply is a supply of a kind described in paragraph 84C(4A)(a)) is an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit if:

                     (a)  the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit is made within 20 days after the day of a previous supply to the person of:

                              (i)  the pharmaceutical benefit; or

                             (ii)  another pharmaceutical benefit that has the same pharmaceutical item as the pharmaceutical benefit; or

                            (iii)  another pharmaceutical benefit that is Schedule equivalent to the pharmaceutical benefit;

                            whether or not the previous supply was a supply of a kind described in paragraph 84C(4A)(a); and

                     (b)  the pharmaceutical item in the pharmaceutical benefit is specified in an instrument under subsection (2); and

                     (c)  the supply does not result from a prescription originating from a hospital.

Note:       For hospital see subsection 4(1).

             (2)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify pharmaceutical items for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).

Note:          For specification by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

             (3)  A pharmaceutical item may be specified in an instrument under subsection (2) by reference to:

                     (a)  the circumstances in which a pharmaceutical benefit that has the pharmaceutical item is supplied; or

                     (b)  any other circumstances in relation to a pharmaceutical benefit that has the pharmaceutical item.