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General

1 Name of Instrument

 (1) This Instrument is the National Health (Closing the Gap – PBS Co‑payment Program) Special Arrangement 2016.

 (2) This Instrument may also be cited as PB 9 of 2016.

4 Definitions

  In this Instrument:
Act means the National Health Act 1953.
allowable discount has the meaning given by subsection 87(2AAAA) of the Act.
concessional beneficiary charge has the meaning given by section 99F of the Act.
CTG registering practitioner means:
        (a) a PBS prescriber; or
        (b) an individual who:
             (i)  is registered in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; and
             (ii) has been allocated an identification number by the Chief Executive Medicare, for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973, in relation to their place or places of practice.
      Note:  See section 35 of the Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 1973 in relation to the allocation of identification numbers to health professionals in relation to their places of practice.
CTG supplier means an approved pharmacist, an approved medical practitioner or an approved hospital authority.
early supply of a specified pharmaceutical benefit has the same meaning as in section 84AAA of the Act.
entity means:
          (a)  a person; or
          (b)  a partnership; or
          (c)  any other unincorporated association or body; or
          (d)  a trust; or
          (e)  a part of an entity.
general patient has the meaning given by section 84 of the Act.
general patient charge has the meaning given by section 99F of the Act.
general patient reduced charge has the meaning given by section 99F of the Act.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has the same meaning as in Part VIIIA of the Act.
medication chart prescription has the meaning given in the Regulations.
other Special Arrangement means another Special Arrangement under section 100 of the Act.
Regulations means the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017.

Note   Several other words and expressions used in this Instrument have the meaning they have in the Act, for example:
 ACSS eligible supply
         ACSS payment
         approved hospital authority
 approved medical practitioner
         approved pharmacist
         Chief Executive Medicare
 PBS prescriber
 pharmaceutical benefit
         special patient contribution

5 Pharmaceutical benefits covered by this Special Arrangement

 (1) This Special Arrangement applies to a pharmaceutical benefit which is generally available for supply under Part VII of the Act.

 (2) This Special Arrangement does not apply to a pharmaceutical benefit that can only be supplied under the prescriber bag provisions of the Act.

Note 1: See section 85AAA of the Act in relation to pharmaceutical benefits that can only be supplied under the prescriber bag provisions of the Act.

Note 2: The modifications of the Act under