{"id":"F2007B01103","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 12 of 1991)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":67863,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01103-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 12 of 1991)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 12 of 1991\n\nI, FIONA MARGARET HOWARTH, Principal Advisor, Health Care Access Division, Department of Health, Housing and Community Services and Delegate of the Minister of State for Health, Housing and Community Services, 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 December 1991.\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\nMiconazole\n\nNorethisterone Acetate\n\nPhenoxymethylpenicillin Hydrabamine\n\nPrednisolone Stearoylglycolate\n\nDated this fifteenth day of November 1991.\n\nFIONA HOWARTH\n\nPrincipal Advisor\n\nHealth Care Access Division\n\nDepartment of Health, Housing and Community Services\n\nDelegate of the Minister of State for Health, Housing and Community Services","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1669},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration maintains its original narrow administrative scope - specifically removing four named pharmaceutical products from PBS listing without expansion into broader policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (less than one page) with only 4 operative paragraphs plus schedule","No interpretation section or defined terms","Simple unconditional operative clause (delisting specific named substances)","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites authority provisions in parent Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes four specific medications from Australia's **Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)**.\n\n**What this means:** The PBS is the government program that subsidises prescription medicines to make them cheaper for patients. When a drug is removed from the scheme (delisted), it is no longer subsidised by the government.\n\nThe four medications affected are:\n- **Miconazole** (an antifungal medication)\n- **Norethisterone Acetate** (a hormone used in contraception and other treatments)\n- **Phenoxymethylpenicillin Hydrabamine** (an antibiotic)\n- **Prednisolone Stearoylglycolate** (a corticosteroid)\n\n**Effect:** From 1 December 1991, these medicines were no longer available at the subsidised (cheaper) PBS price. Patients would have had to pay the full commercial price or seek alternative treatments that remained on the PBS."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1991/documents"}}