Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) REGULATIONS 1960 - REG 3

         (1)   The National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1956, Nos. 54 and 75; 1957, Nos. 25 and 52; 1958, Nos. 23 and 42; and 1959, Nos. 4, 28 and 64) are repealed.

         (2)   A prescription or repeat authorization duly written before the commencement of these Regulations in accordance with the regulations repealed by this regulation shall be deemed, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be duly written in accordance with these Regulations.

         (3)   The repeal of the regulations made by subregulation (1) does not affect the power of a Committee of Inquiry established under Division 2 of Part VIII of the Act to inquire into and report, as provided in regulation 19 of the regulations so repealed, on the prescribing before the commencement of these Regulations by a medical practitioner in the circumstances specified in that regulation and, where a Committee of Inquiry has so reported before the commencement of these Regulations or so reports after the commencement of these Regulations, the medical practitioner is liable to repay to the Commonwealth the amount payable under that regulation as if the repealed regulations were still in force.