PB 81 of 2023

National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8)

National Health Act 1953

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I, NIKOLAI TSYGANOV, Assistant Secretary, Pricing and PBS Policy Branch, Technology Assessment and Access Division, Department of Health and Aged Care, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make this Instrument under subsection 98C(1) of the National Health Act 1953.

Dated  30 August 2023     

NIKOLAI TSYGANOV

Assistant Secretary

Pricing and PBS Policy Branch

Technology Assessment and Access Division

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Determination 2019             

1 Name

(1)           This instrument is the National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8).

(2)           This instrument may also be cited as PB 81 of 2023.

2 Commencement

(1)           Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)           Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 98C(1) of the National Health Act 1953.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Determination 2019 (PB 114 of 2019)

[1]           Schedule 4, after entry for Budesonide with formoterol in the form Powder for oral inhalation in breath actuated device containing budesonide 200 micrograms with formoterol fumarate dihydrate 6 micrograms per dose, 120 doses

insert:

[2]           Schedule 4, after entry for Naloxone in the form Nasal spray 1.8 mg (as hydrochloride dihydrate) in 0.1 mL single dose unit, 2

insert:

[3]           Schedule 4, omit entry for Polyvinyl alcohol