{"id":"F2008B00057","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under sub-section 85(2AA) (18/07/1988)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72214,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00057-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under sub-section 85(2AA) (18/07/1988)","content":"![](image.001.png)COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA  \nNATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953  \nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS  \nDECLARATION UNDER SUB-SECTION 85(2AA)\n\nI, JOHN STEWART DEEBLE, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Health Benefits Division, Department of Community Services and Health and Delegate of the Minister of State for Community Services and Health, pursuant to sub-section 85(2AA) of the National Health Act 1953, hereby make the following Declaration:\n\n1.  This Declaration shall come into operation on 1 August 1988.\n\n2. The drugs and medicinal preparations contained in the Schedule to this Declaration shall cease to be drugs and medicinal preparations to which Part VII of the National Health Act 1953 applies.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\nAluminium Sodium Polyhydroxy Monocarbonate Hexitol Complex\n\nAluminium Sodium Silicate\n\nBiperiden Lactate Injection B.P.\n\nChloramine B.P.\n\nDipyridamole Tablets B.P.\n\nInsect Allergen Extract – Bull Ant\n\nInsect Allergen Extract – Jumper Ant\n\nInsect Allergen Extract – Mosquito\n\nMaldison\n\nNalidixic Acid Mixture B.P.\n\nPenicillamine B.P.\n\nPyrimethamine B.P. with Dapsone B.P.\n\nPyrimethamine B.P. with Sulfadoxine B.P.\n\nSquill Oxymel B.P.\n\nDated this 18th day of July 1988.\n\n![](image.002.png)JOHN DEEBLE\n\nACTING FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY\n\nHEALTH BENEFITS DIVISION\n\nDELEGATE OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2437},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration remains precisely targeted at its original purpose: administratively removing specific drugs from pharmaceutical benefits. No expansion of scope or mission creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Requires external knowledge of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953 (the PBS framework)","Delegation chain from Minister to Acting First Assistant Secretary adds administrative layer","Technical pharmaceutical nomenclature including British Pharmacopoeia (B.P.) references","Simple structure but impacts require understanding of subsidy mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes 15 specific medications from Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme effective 1 August 1988, meaning those drugs will no longer be government-subsidised. \n\nPatients who still need these treatments must pay full private prices, increasing out-of-pocket costs. The change typically reflects obsolescence, low use, or replacement by safer/cheaper alternatives, but can materially affect anyone dependent on the delisted medicines."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-sub-section-85-2aa-18-07-1988/documents"}}