{"id":"F2007B01055","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 5 of 1989)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62535,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01055-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 5 of 1989)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUB-SECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB5 of 1989\n\nI, IAN JAMES McNEIL, First Assistant Secretary, Health Benefits Division, Department of Community Services and Health and Delegate of the Minister of State for Community Services and Health, pursuant to sub\\-section 85(2AA) of the National Health Act 1953, hereby make the following Declaration:\n\n1. This Declaration shall come into operation on 18 May 1989.\n\n2. The drugs and medicinal preparations contained 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\nAmmonium Chloride B.P.\n\nBenzyl Benzoate B.P.\n\nIntraperitoneal Dialysis Solutions B.P.C. 1973\n\nSulphadimidine Tablets B.P.\n\nDated this 18th day of May 1989.\n\nIAN McNEIL\n\nFIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY\n\nHEALTH BENEFITS DIVISION\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":1563},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow administrative function stated: removing four specific named drugs from PBS coverage. There is no expansion beyond the original purpose of delisting these particular medicines."},"complexity_factors":["Only four specific items affected with no exceptions","Single operative provision with immediate effect","Uses technical pharmacopoeia abbreviations (B.P., B.P.C.) requiring specialist pharmaceutical knowledge","No conditional logic or cross-references to other instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes four specific old medicines from Australia's **Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)** — the government program that subsidises prescription drugs to keep costs down for patients.\n\n**What changes:**\nAs of 18 May 1989, these four medicines are no longer subsidised by the government:\n- **Ammonium Chloride** (an older remedy for various conditions, now largely obsolete)\n- **Benzyl Benzoate** (a lotion typically used for scabies treatment)\n- **Intraperitoneal Dialysis Solutions** (fluids used in a specific type of kidney dialysis that's rarely used today)\n- **Sulphadimidine Tablets** (an old-fashioned antibiotic)\n\n**What this means:**\nIf a doctor prescribed any of these four items after this date, patients had to pay the full commercial price rather than the discounted PBS rate. This appears to be a routine cleanup of outdated or rarely used treatments from the subsidy list."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-5-of-1989/documents"}}