Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1990 No. 338 NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3.1 Subregulation 9A (4): Add at the end:

"(c) the maximum value of the pharmaceutical benefit for safety net
purposes.".
3.2 Add at the end:

"(5) The maximum value of a pharmaceutical benefit for safety net purposes is:

   (a)  if the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied to a pensioner who is
        charged under paragraph 87 (2) (a) of the Act on or after 1 November
        1990: the amount referred to in that paragraph as in force when the
        price is charged; or

   (b)  if the pharmaceutical benefit is supplied to a concessional
        beneficiary who is charged under paragraph 87 (2) (a) of the Act on or
        after 1 January 1991: the amount referred to in that paragraph as in
        force when the price is charged; or

   (c)  if the price of the pharmaceutical benefit is charged under paragraph
        87 (2) (b), (c) or (d) of the Act on or after 1 January 1991: the
        amount referred to in that paragraph as in force when the price is
        charged; or

   (d)  if the price of the pharmaceutical benefit is charged under paragraph
        87 (2) (e) of the Act on or after 1 January 1991 and paragraph (e)
        does not apply: the amount referred to in paragraph 87 (2) (e) of the
        Act as in force when the price is charged; or

   (e)  if:

   (i)  the price of the pharmaceutical benefit is charged on or after 1
        January 1991; and

   (ii) the agreed price, within the meaning of subsection 84c (6) of the Act
        as in force when the price is charged, of the pharmaceutical benefit
        is less than the amount referred to in paragraph (d): that agreed
        price, or the price charged if the price charged is less than that
        agreed price.".