{"id":"F2008B00069","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 12 of 1996)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72285,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00069-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 1996)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 12 of 1996\n\nI, DAVID TREVOR GRAHAM, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Department of Health and Family Services and Delegate of the Minister for Health and Family 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 August 1996.\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\nFluclorolone Acetonide\n\nDated this sixteenth day of July 1996.\n\nD. GRAHAM\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\n\nDepartment of Health and Family Services\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Health and Family Services","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1113},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration performs exactly the narrow administrative function intended under section 85(2AA) of the National Health Act - removing a specific pharmaceutical from PBS listing. No expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision affecting only one specific drug","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites parent Act section 85)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or definitional sections","Very short length (under 250 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes **Fluclorolone Acetonide** from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).\n\n**What this means:**\n- The PBS is the Australian government program that subsidises prescription medications, making them cheaper for patients\n- Once this change takes effect on 1 August 1996, Fluclorolone Acetonide (a topical corticosteroid used to treat skin conditions) will no longer receive government subsidies\n- Patients prescribed this medication will need to pay the full commercial price rather than the reduced PBS price\n\n**Who decided this:**\nThe Assistant Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch made this declaration after receiving advice from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (the independent expert body that recommends which medicines should be subsidised). The Minister for Health and Family Services delegated this power to the Assistant Secretary under the National Health Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-12-of-1996/documents"}}