{"id":"F2007B01108","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 14 of 1992)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":67877,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01108-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 14 of 1992)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 14 of 1992\n\nI, DAVID TREVOR GRAHAM, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, 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 1992.\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\nAcrylic Resin\n\nIron Dextran\n\nLevodopa\n\nDated this sixteenth day of November 1992.\n\nD. GRAHAM\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\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":1223},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration performs the standard, narrow administrative function of delisting specific pharmaceutical items from the PBS. The scope is limited exclusively to the three named drugs (Acrylic Resin, Iron Dextran, and Levodopa) and does not expand beyond the original purpose of removing these items from subsidy."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause affecting only three named substances with no conditions","No defined terms, exceptions, or conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the enabling statutory provision)","Straightforward administrative instrument with immediate effect date"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This declaration removes three specific medications from Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) — the government program that subsidizes prescription medicines.\n\n**Who it affects:** Patients who were receiving these three specific drugs under the PBS, and pharmacists/doctors prescribing them:\n- **Acrylic Resin**\n- **Iron Dextran** \n- **Levodopa**\n\n**Why it matters:** From 1 December 1992, these three drugs stopped being subsidized by the federal government under the National Health Act. This means patients would have had to pay the full commercial price rather than the subsidized PBS price, or switch to alternative treatments that remained on the PBS.\n\n**How it works:** The Assistant Secretary used powers under section 85(2AA) of the Act to declare that Part VII (the PBS rules) no longer applies to these specific drugs, effectively delisting them from the scheme."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-14-of-1992/documents"}}