{"id":"F2007B01043","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 3 of 1991)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62512,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01043-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 3 of 1991)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85(2AA)\n\nNo. PB3 of 1991\n\nI, MARGARET NONA FORD, Principal Advisor, Health Care Access Division, Department of Community Services and Health and Delegate of the Minister of State for Community 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 April 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\nChlormethiazole\n\nMefruside\n\nPolymyxin B Sulphate with Neomycin Sulphate and Hydrocortisone\n\nAcriflavine B.P.C. 1963\n\nAdrenaline B.P.\n\nAtropine Sulphate B.P.\n\nBentonite B.P.\n\nChlorhexidine Gluconate Solution B.P.\n\nChlorocresol B.P.\n\nFerrous Sulphate, Dried B.P.\n\nHydrochloric Acid B.P.\n\nHydrous Ointment B.P.\n\nHyoscyamus Liquid Extract B.P.C. 1973\n\nLemon Spirit B.P.\n\nLignocaine Hydrochloride B.P.\n\nOily Cream A.P.F.\n\nPhenobarbitone B.P.\n\nPhenoxyethanol B.P.\n\nPilocarpine Hydrochloride B.P.\n\nPilocarpine Nitrate B.P.\n\nSodium Acid Phosphate B.P.\n\nSodium Phosphate B.P.\n\nTheophylline B.P.\n\nTitanium Dioxide B.P.\n\nDated this twenty-second day of March 1991.\n\nMARGARET FORD\n\nPrincipal Advisor\n\nHealth Care Access Division\n\nDepartment of Community Services and Health\n\nDelegate of the Minister of State for Community Services and Health","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2173},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration operates strictly within the original purpose of subsection 85(2AA), precisely targeting only the specific drugs listed for removal from PBS coverage without expanding beyond the delisting function."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument with no conditional provisions or exceptions","Straightforward list of 24 specific drug names in the Schedule","Only references one empowering provision (subsection 85(2AA)) with no complex cross-referencing","No defined terms, procedural requirements, or operational rules within the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument removes 24 older or rarely used medicines from Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, so those products will no longer be subsidised and patients must pay full price or use alternatives. It affects patients, prescribers and pharmacists who dispense these items. The removal—taken by a senior health department delegate after independent expert advice—takes effect 1 April 1991 and terminates these drugs’ status as “pharmaceutical benefits” under the National Health Act 1953."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-3-of-1991/documents"}}