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NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 87AA

Meaning of eligible for increased discounting

    A supply of a pharmaceutical benefit by an approved pharmacist or an approved medical practitioner is eligible for increased discounting if:

  (a)   the supply is upon a general benefit prescription (other than one relating to a supply to which paragraph   87(2)(b) applies); and

  (b)   the supply is not an early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit; and

  (c)   at the time of the supply, the Commonwealth price in relation to the pharmaceutical benefit is:

  (i)   greater than the general patient charge amount; and

  (ii)   less than or equal to $42.50.

Note:   The general patient charge amount and the figure in subparagraph   (c)(ii) are adjusted annually under section   99G.


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