Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 119 of 1991 - SECT 11

11. After section 87 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Access to Commission's computer system to obtain information

"87AA. (1) For the purposes of subsection 87 (3A), an approved supplier may,
by using dedicated computer facilities, obtain status information about a
person requesting the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit from the approved
supplier.

"(2) Any status information obtained under subsection (1) about a person
requesting the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit is, for the purposes of
subsection 87 (3A), conclusive evidence establishing whether or not the person
is, at the time when the benefit is supplied, entitled to receive the benefit
on terms that are appropriate for the supply of the benefit to:

   (a)  the holder of a concession card; or

   (b)  the holder of an entitlement card; or

   (c)  a concessional beneficiary; or

   (d)  a dependant of a concessional beneficiary; or

   (e)  an eligible person other than a person referred to in paragraph (a),
        (b), (c) or (d); as the case may be.".