Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:84:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 84 (pt 8/11)
Character Range: 61297–63990

or under a law of a State or Territory; or
 (g) a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory.
Territory includes an external Territory to which this Act extends.
therapeutic group means a therapeutic group determined by the Minister under section 84AG.
Tribunal means the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal established by section 98A.
value for safety net purposes means:
 (a) for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit—the amount prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of subsection 84C(1E); and
 (b) for the supply of a repatriation benefit—the amount charged for the supply; and
 (c) for the supply of out‑patient medication—the applicable amount in relation to the supply.
 (1A) Where a refund agreement was entered into before 24 April 1964, and, on or after that date:
 (a) the agreement was or is renewed on or before the date on which it would, but for that renewal, have expired;
 (b) the period of operation of the agreement was or is extended on or before the date on which it would, but for that extension, have expired; or
 (c) the rights and obligations under the agreement of the party by or at whose direction payments may be made under the agreement were or are transferred to another person;
the renewal, extension or transfer shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to have been or to be an entering into a new agreement.
 (1B) If:
 (a) a prescription directs a repeated supply of a pharmaceutical benefit (the specified benefit); and
 (b) another pharmaceutical benefit (the supplied benefit) is supplied, on the repeated supply, in accordance with subsection 103(2A);
then, for the purposes of determining whether a repeated supply of the specified benefit has occurred, the supplied benefit is taken to be the repeated supply, upon the prescription, of the specified benefit.
 (2) In this Part, a reference to the supply, obtaining or receipt of a pharmaceutical benefit shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to the supply, obtaining or receipt of that pharmaceutical benefit under this Part.
 (2A) A reference in this Part to a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person who is a holder of a concession card or an entitlement card is a reference to a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit to a person who is, at the time when the prescription is written or communicated, or becomes, after the prescription is written or communicated and before the benefit is supplied upon the prescription, a holder of a concession card or an entitlement card.
 (3) If the Minister so determines, the Minister of State of a State administering the laws of