Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 99ADBA

Start of first data collection period

  (1)   The first data collection period for a brand of a pharmaceutical item starts on the brand's start day.

End of first data collection period

  (2)   If, on the day before the brand's start day (the starting brand ) the price disclosure requirements apply to a related brand of the starting brand, the starting brand's first data collection period ends when the data collection period for any of the related brands ends.

  (3)   Otherwise, the starting brand's first data collection period ends on:

  (a)   if the start day occurs between 2   April and 1   October--the next 31   March; or

  (b)   if the start day occurs between 2   October and 1   April--the next 30   September.

Start and end of subsequent data collection periods

  (4)   After the first data collection period for a listed brand of a pharmaceutical item, each subsequent data collection period for the brand:

  (a)   starts immediately after the end of the previous data collection period; and

  (b)   ends on the next 31   March or 30   September, whichever is sooner.

Example 1:   If a brand to which subsection   (2) applies has a start day of 1   July 2016, and the data collection period for a related brand ends on 30   September 2016:

(a)   the first data collection period starts on 1   July 2016; and

(b)   the first data collection period ends on 30   September 2016; and

(c)   subsequent data collection periods will be the 6 month periods that start on 1   October 2016, 1   April 2017, 1   October 2017 and so on.

Example 2:   If a brand to which subsection   (3) applies has a start day of 1   August 2016:

(a)   the first data collection period starts on 1   August 2016; and

(b)   the first data collection period ends on 31   March 2017; and

(c)   subsequent data collection periods will be the 6 month periods that start on 1   April 2017, 1   October 2017, 1   April 2018 and so on.

Example 3:   If a brand to which subsection   (3) applies has a start day of 1   December 2016:

(a)   the first data collection period starts on 1   December 2016; and

(b)   the first data collection period ends on 30   September 2017; and

(c)   subsequent data collection periods will be the 6 month periods that start on 1   October 2017, 1   April 2018, 1   October 2018 and so on.