{"id":"F2008B00065","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85 (2AA) (No. PB 18 of 1994)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72269,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00065-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 18 of 1994)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 18 of 1994\n\nI, DAVID TREVOR GRAHAM, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Department of Human Services and Health and Delegate of the Minister for Human Services and Health, 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 1994.\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\nAmylobarbitone Sodium\n\nChlormethiazole Edisylate\n\nCyclopenthiazide\n\nDextran 70 with Glucose\n\nDiazoxide\n\nMethsuximide\n\nPhensuximide\n\n“PK AID I”\n\nSodium Lactate with Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Chloride and Anhydrous Glucose\n\nDated this sixteenth day of November 1994.\n\nD. GRAHAM\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\n\nDepartment of Human Services and Health\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Human Services and Health","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1819},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete, single-purpose administrative declaration. Its scope is limited strictly to delisting nine specific pharmaceutical products and has not expanded beyond the standard function of a PBS declaration instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (single page)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single administrative action: removal of 9 listed items by proper name","Single commencement date with no transitional arrangements"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice, effective 1 December 1994, removes nine specific medications from Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), meaning those drugs are no longer subsidised by taxpayers. \n\nAs a result affected patients must pay the full commercial price; the Minister (or delegate), advised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, made the delisting typically for reasons such as obsolescence, safety concerns, or poor cost‑effectiveness."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-18-of-1994/documents"}}