{"id":"F2007B01052","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 11 of 2000)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62532,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01052-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 11 of 2000)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 11 of 2000\n\nI, ALAN WILLIAM STEVENS, Acting Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care and Delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, having in accordance with subsection 85 (2AB) of the National Health Act 1953 obtained the advice of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, pursuant to subsection 85 (2AA) of the National Health Act 1953, hereby make the following Declaration:\n\n1.  This Declaration shall come into operation on 1 August 2000.\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\nDiphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine - Adsorbed\n\nDated this 7th day of July 2000.\n\nALAN WILLIAM STEVENS\n\nActing Assistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\n\nDepartment of Health and Aged Care\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2410},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration performs a routine administrative delisting exactly as authorised by subsection 85(2AA) of the National Health Act 1953, without expanding beyond the original scope of the enabling power."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision covering one specific vaccine","No defined terms or interpretation section","Schedule contains only one item (DTP vaccine)","No conditional logic, cross-references, or exceptions within the instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration **removes the Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)**.\n\n**What changes:**\n- As of 1 August 2000, this vaccine **ceases to be a pharmaceutical benefit** under Part VII of the National Health Act 1953\n- This means it is **no longer subsidised** through the PBS pharmacy program\n\n**Who made this decision:**\nA senior Health Department official (Acting Assistant Secretary Alan William Stevens), exercising delegated powers from the Minister for Health after receiving advice from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nWhile this removes PBS subsidies, childhood vaccines are typically funded through separate national immunisation programs rather than the PBS. The vaccine remains available to the public, but through different government supply arrangements rather than subsidised pharmacy prescriptions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-11-of-2000/documents"}}