{"id":"F2007B01083","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 10 of 1989)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62623,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01083-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 10 of 1989)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUB-SECTION 85(2AA)\n\nNo. PB10 of 1989\n\nI, JEFFREY ALLAN HARMER, Acting Principal Advisor, Health Care Access 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 December 1989.\n\n2. The drugs and medicinal preparations specified 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\nInsulin, Biphasic\n\nInsulin Zinc Suspension (Amorphous)\n\nVasopressin Tannate\n\nCrystal Violet B.P. 1980\n\nTestosterone B.P.\n\nDated this seventeenth day of November 1989.\n\nJ.A. HARMER\n\nACTING PRINCIPAL ADVISOR\n\nHEALTH CARE ACCESS 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":2151},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration operates precisely within the standard administrative scope of the National Health Act 1953, exercising the specific statutory power to declare that listed drugs no longer attract pharmaceutical benefits. It does not expand beyond the original purpose of the enabling provision."},"complexity_factors":["Single enabling provision referenced (section 85(2AA))","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple two-clause structure (commencement date and delisting effect)","Schedule contains only five listed items with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","No cross-references to other legislative instruments beyond the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration **removes five specific medications from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)** — the government program that subsidizes prescription medicines for Australians.\n\n**What changes:**\nFrom 1 December 1989, the following drugs ceased to be subsidized by the government:\n* **Biphasic Insulin** (used for diabetes)\n* **Insulin Zinc Suspension (Amorphous)** (used for diabetes)  \n* **Vasopressin Tannate** (used for diabetes insipidus and bleeding disorders)\n* **Crystal Violet B.P. 1980** (an antiseptic dye)\n* **Testosterone B.P.** (hormone replacement therapy)\n\n**Who made this:**\nJeffrey Allan Harmer, acting as a delegate (authorized representative) of the Minister for Community Services and Health, used powers under section 85(2AA) of the *National Health Act 1953* to make this change.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWhen a drug is removed from the PBS, patients must pay the full private price rather than the subsidized government co-payment. This instrument represents a routine administrative delisting."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-10-of-1989/documents"}}