Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1986 No. 94 of 1986 - SECT 18

18. Section 84AA of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

"(1A) A prescription that is written by a medical practitioner or by a
participating dental practitioner in accordance with this Act and the
regulations shall not be taken, for the purposes of this Part, to be a
prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person who is a
holder of an entitlement card unless there is written or marked on the
prescription, or there purports to be written or marked on the prescription,
in such manner as is prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this
sub-section, such information relating to the status of the person to whom the
prescription relates as a holder of an entitlement card as is prescribed by
those last-mentioned regulations."; and

   (b)  by adding at the end the following sub-sections:

"(3) A prescription that is communicated to an approved pharmacist in
pursuance of paragraph 89 (a) in such circumstances as are prescribed for the
purposes of that paragraph shall not be taken, for the purposes of this Part,
to be a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person
who is a holder of an entitlement card unless, before supply of the benefit
upon that prescription, there is communicated, or there is purportedly
communicated, to the pharmacist, in such manner as is prescribed by
regulations made for the purposes of this sub-section, such information
relating to the status of the person to whom the prescription relates as a
holder of an entitlement card as is prescribed by those last-mentioned
regulations.

"(4) Nothing in sub-section (1), (1A), (2) or (3) shall be read as derogating
from sub-section 87 (3A).".