{"id":"F2007B01081","name":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under subsection 85(2AA) (No. PB 8 of 1999)","slug":"national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62618,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01081-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health Act 1953 - Declaration under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 8 of 1999)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 85 (2AA)\n\nNo. PB 8 of 1999\n\nI, BRETT ANTHONY LENNON, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care and Delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, 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 1999.\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\nDichlorphenamide\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nDated this 13th day of July 1999.\n\nBRETT ANTHONY LENNON\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\n\nDepartment of Health and Aged Care\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2247},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration performs its narrow, original function of removing a specific single drug from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme without expansion into broader policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive item (delisting of Dichlorphenamide)","No conditional provisions or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only standard statutory citations)","No defined terms section"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes dichlorphenamide from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, so it will no longer be supplied at the PBS-subsidised price. Patients who relied on the subsidy will have to pay the full private market price unless they have other coverage.\n\nThe Assistant Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch made the decision after consulting the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; doctors can still prescribe the drug, but it will no longer be a government-subsidised pharmaceutical benefit."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999","history":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-act-1953-declaration-under-subsection-85-2aa-no-pb-8-of-1999/documents"}}