Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00128:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00128
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 7927–9029

8  Specification of period relating to a pharmaceutical benefit
 (1) This section is made for paragraph 84AAA(1)(b) of the Act.
 (2) For a pharmaceutical benefit that has the listed drug and the form of the listed drug mentioned in the table in Schedule 1, and the circumstances identified for section 6 apply, the number mentioned under the heading 'Period' in the table in Schedule 1 for the listed drug and form is the period in days.
 (3) For a pharmaceutical benefit that has the listed drug and the form of the listed drug mentioned in the table in Schedule 2, and the circumstances identified for section 7 apply:

            (a) where the relevant previous supply to the person was on the basis of a prescription and the quantity or number of units of the pharmaceutical benefit directed to be supplied on any one occasion in the prescription was directed for a relevant purpose for the previously supplied pharmaceutical benefit – the number mentioned under the heading 'Period' for the listed drug and form is the period in days;

            (b) in any other case – the period is 20 days.