Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1986 No. 94 of 1986 - SECT 17

17. (1) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after the definition of "dependant" in sub-section (1) the
following definitions:

"'entitlement card' means a pharmaceutical benefits entitlement card issued
under section 84E and includes an additional card or replacement card issued
in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of section 84H;
'entitlement card prescription' means a prescription that, in accordance with
section 84AA, is a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to
a person who is a holder of an entitlement card;";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "general benefit
        prescription" and substituting the following definition:

"'general benefit prescription' means a prescription other than-

   (a)  a pensioner benefit prescription;

   (b)  a concessional benefit prescription; or

   (c)  an entitlement card prescription;";

   (c)  by inserting after the definition of "pharmaceutical benefit" in
        sub-section (1) the following definition:

"'record form' means a pharmaceutical benefits prescription record form issued
under section 84D;";

   (d)  by inserting after the definition of "refund agreement" in sub-section
        (1) the following definition:

"'relevant entitlement period' means-

   (a)  the period commencing on 1 November 1986 and ending on 31 December
        1987;

   (b)  the year commencing on 1 January 1988; or

   (c)  a succeeding year;"; and

   (e)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:

"(2A) A reference in this Part to a prescription for the supply of a
pharmaceutical benefit to a person who is a holder of an entitlement card is a
reference to a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a
person who is, at the time when the prescription is written or communicated,
or becomes, after the prescription is written or communicated and before the
benefit is supplied upon the prescription, a holder of an entitlement card.".

(2) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "British
Pharmacopoeia"; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-sections (4) and (4A).