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NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) REGULATIONS 1960 - REG 19B

Restriction on using PBS and NHS forms

         (1)   A person commits an offence if:

                (a)    he or she writes a prescription on a form bearing the letters 'PBS', 'NHS' or 'N. H. S'; and

               (b)    the prescription is not written in accordance with, or for a purpose authorised by, these Regulations; and

                (c)    the letters 'PBS', 'NHS' or 'N. H. S' (as the case may be) are not clearly struck out, or obliterated.

Penalty:   0.4 penalty units.

         (2)   An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .


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