National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2011 No. 29

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 10 March 2011

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

NICOLA ROXON

Minister for Health and Ageing

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960

  Schedule 1 amends the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 37HA

substitute

37HA Price disclosure requirements — prescribed person

 (1) For paragraph 99ADC (1) (a) of the Act, the information must be provided by the responsible person to Australian Healthcare Associates Pty Ltd, ABN 82 072 790 848.

 (2) However, if the responsible person receives written notice from the Department to provide the information to the Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Evaluation Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health and Ageing, the information must be provided to that person.

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.