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(Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960; or

         (ii) subregulation 19AA(7) (medication chart prescriptions).of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

omit the definition "Explanatory Notes", substitute:

    "Explanatory Notes" means:

      (a) the document forming part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that is: SECTION 1 — EXPLANATORY NOTES; and

      Note: as at 1 September 2014 the part comprised pages 25-54.

      (b) the document forming part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that is: the RPBS Explanatory Notes;

      Note: as at 1 September 2014 the part comprised pages 1079-1082.

    being the version of the document as it exists on the date for the document in Schedule 1.

  omit the definition "medication chart prescription", substitute:

    "medication chart prescription" has the meaning given by section 11B;

  omit the definition "paper-based prescription", substitute:

    "paper‑based prescription" means a prescription that is prepared in duplicate in accordance with subparagraph 19(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

  omit the definition "paperless claim for payment".

omit the definition, "PBS", substitute:

    "PBS" or "Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme" means the document entitled " Schedule of Pharmaceutical benefits", with International Standard Serial Number 1037-3667, being the version of the document as it exists on the date for the document in Schedule 1;

  omit the definition "prescription".

  omit the definition " repeat authorisation form", substitute:

    "repeat authorisation form" means the form mentioned in subparagraph 26(1A)(a)(i) of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960.

omit the definition "residential medication chart".

  omit the definition "RPBS Schedule", substitute:

    "RPBS Schedule" means the document forming part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that is the Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits, being the version of the document as it exists on the date for the document in Schedule 1;

    omit the definition "streamlined authority code".

  omit the definition "supply certification form", substitute:

    "supply certification form" means the form of that name in the claims rules.

  3 Part 1 – Interpretation (Section 4)

     substitute:

  4. Where it is provided for the Department or the Commission to notify of certain matters under the Scheme, the inclusion of the matter in the RPBS Explanatory Notes and publication of the RPBS Explanatory Notes (as part of the publication of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme which includes the RPBS Explanatory Notes) shall be taken to constitute such notification.

  4 Heading before section 11B

  omit.

    5 Section 11B

    substitute:

    11AA  Writing prescriptions-general

  A prescription for the supply of a Pharmaceutical benefit must be written in accordance with;
 (a) section 11A (prescriptions other than medication chart prescriptions); or
 (b) section 11B (medication chart prescriptions).
  Note: other provisions of the Scheme may also contain requirements for writing of prescriptions.