Department of Health Determination under subsection 85A(1) and (2) and 88(1C) of the National Health Act 1953 to determine the form, manner of administration, maximum quality and maximum number of repeats of those drugs and medicinal preparations which may be prescribed by authorised optometrists The Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits and related information are available freely on the internet and are available to purchase in other formats (for example, or book). Businesses will only incur costs if they choose not to use the website and purchase the schedule in an alternative format. The cost to purchase the schedule is minimal. Changes are not expected to have a more than minor regulatory impact on individuals. Department of Health Determinations under section 85, 85A and 88 of the National Health Act 1953 to determine form and strength, manner of administration, maximum quality, maximum number of repeats and brands of listed drugs on the PBS Minor: The Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits and related information are available freely on the internet and are available to purchase in other formats (for example, or book). Businesses will only incur costs if they choose not to use the website and purchase the schedule in an alternative format. The cost to purchase the schedule is minimal. Changes are not expected to have a more than minor regulatory impact on individuals. 12116 Department of Health ETP National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Special Arrangements Instrument 2010 (Special arrangement under Section 100 of the National Health Act 1953 for the supply of methoxyflurane) Machinery: Changes are unlikely to occur on a regular basis. 12116
Department of Health Therapeutic Goods amendments to forms which are referred to in the legislation or machinery: Amendments simply reflect existing underlying requirements. If the underlying requirements on business to provide information are amended, a RIS may be required for that amendment. Department of Health Therapeutic Goods new ingredients to the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods Does not appear to have a regulatory impact on businesses, community organisations or individuals. 14416 If ingredients are removed from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, a RIS may be required. Department of Health) Therapeutic Goods to Therapeutic Goods Order 70B Machinery: Decision maker has no discretion when making the updates. 14416 Department of Health Therapeutic Goods new substances to the Poisons Standard Machinery: Decision maker has no discretion in terms of which schedule a new substance is added to. 14416 Does not cover amendments to the listing of an existing substance on the Poisons Standard or the removal of an existing substance from the Poisons Standard, which may require a RIS. Department of Health Therapeutic of substances on the Poisons Standard Machinery. 14416 Department of Health Therapeutic of minor errors on the Poisons Standard Machinery. 14416 Department of Health Therapeutic Goods of inadvertent scheduling errors on the Poisons Standard Machinery. 14416
Department of Health Therapeutic Goods scheduling where it relates to new substances or derivatives of existing Schedule 9 substances on the Poisons Standard Machinery. 14416 Does not cover instances where urgent scheduling relates to up-scheduling of existing substances. Department of Health Therapeutic Goods consolidation of Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons Machinery. Department of Health Therapeutic Goods of information under s. 61 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Minor: The release of such information does not change the regulatory requirements for industry or require industry to provide additional or different information to the TGA. 15070 Department of Health Therapeutic Goods to the Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination made under s 26BB of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Machinery. 21645 Department of Immigration and Border Protection Regular updates to educational business partners of universities participating in streamlined visa processing arrangements Minor 14615 Department of Immigration and Border Protection Student visa assessment level settings Does not have a regulatory impact on businesses or community organisations. Does not appear to have a more than minor regulatory impact on individuals. 14622
Department of Immigration and Border Protection Legislative amendments which give effect to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated Travel Ban List Minor: Does not have a regulatory impact on businesses, community organisations or individuals. Department of Immigration and Border Protection Tariff Concession Orders Machinery: Tariff concession orders help industry become more internationally competitive and reduce costs to the general community by reducing duties where there is no local industry to protect. 14509 Department of Immigration and Border Protection Amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 – Specification of Arrangements for Child Visa Applications to exclude specified countries Minor. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Aviation bilateral agreements Minor and/or machinery. 14326 Department of Social Services Scheduled increases to aged residential care subsidies and charges based on the Government’s pension indexation arrangements Machinery: Relates purely to changing the amount of funds available to program recipients. 11719
Department of Social Services Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Oxygen Supplement) Determination Indexation: Routine indexation of subsidy in line with increases in the CPI as a measure of movements in the non-labour costs of providers. 12116 Department of Social Services Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination Indexation: Routine indexation of subsidy in line with increases in the CPI as a measure of movements in the non-labour costs of providers. 12116 Department of Social Services Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Subsidy) Determination Indexation: Indexation of subsidy in line with increases in the CPI as a measure of movements in the non-labour costs of providers and decisions of Fair Work Australia as a measure of non-productivity based movements of the wage costs of providers. This is in accordance with policy upon which extensive consultation was undertaken. Adjustments are likely to have low or no impact on aged care sector and consumers. 12116