Australian Government

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

Veterans’ Affairs Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes (Updating Incorporated Documents) Amendment Instrument 2017

Instrument 2017 No. R14/MRCC14

1        Name

 This instrument is the Veterans’ Affairs Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes (Updating Incorporated Documents) Amendment Instrument 2017.

2        Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2017.

3        Authority

 This instrument is made under:

(a)   subsection 91(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 in respect of the variations to the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in Schedule 1; and

(b)   subsection 286(2) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 in respect of the variations to the MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in Schedule 2.

4        Schedules

 Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is varied as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1

Variations to the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

[1]  Schedule 1 – Incorporated Documents

substitute:

List A

The following documents are incorporated-by-reference into the Scheme in the version in which they exist on 1 July 2017:

• Explanatory Notes
• RPBS Explanatory Notes
• PBS or Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
• RPBS Schedule

Note: “RPBS Schedule” is defined to mean the Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits which is further defined.

• Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement
• the British Pharmacopoeia
• the United States Pharmacopoeia
• the European Pharmacopoeia
• the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary
• a prescribed Pharmacology text of international standing
• the Pharmaceutical Codex as amended and authorised by regulations under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

List B

The following documents are incorporated-by-reference into the Scheme in the version in which they exist on the date on which each edition of the listed documents was published:

• previous editions of the British Pharmacopoeia which describe drugs and medicinal preparations
• previous editions of the Pharmaceutical Codex as amended and authorised by regulations under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 which describe drugs and medicinal preparations
• previous editions of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary which describe drugs and medicinal preparations.

Schedule 2

Variations to the MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

[1]  Schedule 1 – Incorporated Documents

substitute:

List A

The following documents are incorporated-by-reference into the Scheme in the version in which they exist on 1 July 2017:

• Explanatory Notes
• RPBS Explanatory Notes
• PBS or Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
• RPBS Schedule

Note: “RPBS Schedule” is defined to mean the Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits which is further defined.

• Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement
• the British Pharmacopoeia
• the United States Pharmacopoeia
• the European Pharmacopoeia
• the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary
• a prescribed Pharmacology text of international standing
• the Pharmaceutical Codex as amended and authorised by regulations under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

List B

The following documents are incorporated-by-reference into the Scheme in the version in which they exist on the date on which each edition of the listed documents was published:

• previous editions of the British Pharmacopoeia which describe drugs and medicinal preparations
• previous editions of the Pharmaceutical Codex as amended and authorised by regulations under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 which describe drugs and medicinal preparations
• previous editions of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary which describe drugs and medicinal preparations.