(1) This section applies in relation to a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit that is written before 1 February 2021.
(2) Despite the amendments of section 40 made by Schedule 1 to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment (Active Ingredient Prescribing) Regulations 2019 , a prescription that is not a medication chart prescription is taken to have been written in accordance with section 40 if the prescription is written in accordance with that section as in force immediately before 31 October 2019.
(3) Despite the amendments of section 41 made by Schedule 1 to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment (Active Ingredient Prescribing) Regulations 2019 , a prescription that is a medication chart prescription is taken to have been written in accordance with section 41 if the prescription is written in accordance with that section as in force immediately before 31 October 2019.