{"id":"F2012L01967","name":"National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Revocation Instrument 2012 (No. PB 74 of 2012)","slug":"national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89914,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01967-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Revocation Instrument 2012 (No. PB 74 of 2012)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nPB 74 of 2012\n\nNational Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Revocation Instrument 20121\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nI, KIM BESSELL, First Assistant Secretary (Acting), Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health and Ageing, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this Instrument under section 100(2) of the National Health Act 1953.\n\nDated 25 September 2012\n\nKIM BESSELL\n\nFirst Assistant Secretary (Acting)\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Division\n\nDepartment of Health and Ageing\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\n(1) This Instrument is the National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Revocation Instrument 2012.\n\n(2) This Instrument may also be cited as PB 74 of 2012.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Instrument commences on 1 October 2012.\n\n3 Revocation of PB 41 of 2010\n\nThe National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Special Arrangements Instrument 2010 (PB 41 of 2010) is revoked.\n\n1Note\n\nAll legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.\n\nSee [http://www.frli.gov.au](http://www.frli.gov.au).","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1844},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves exactly one purpose: revoking the 2010 Emergency Treatment Program Special Arrangements. There is no expansion beyond the original intent to terminate that specific program."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections total","Single substantive action (revocation of one previous instrument)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Only one cross-reference (to the instrument being revoked)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument **cancels** (revokes) a previous legal arrangement called the *National Health (Emergency Treatment Program) Special Arrangements Instrument 2010* (PB 41 of 2010).\n\n**What this means:**\nThe 2010 instrument created special rules under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) that allowed certain medicines to be supplied in emergency situations—likely permitting pharmacists to provide PBS medicines without a standard prescription under specific conditions. This 2012 instrument **ends those special arrangements** effective 1 October 2012.\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- **Pharmacists** who were using the 2010 emergency provisions to supply medicines\n- **Patients** who might have accessed PBS medicines under those emergency rules\n- **Healthcare providers** involved in emergency medicine supply\n\n**Practical effect:**\nFrom 1 October 2012 onwards, the legal authority for the Emergency Treatment Program special arrangements no longer exists. Supply of PBS medicines must follow standard PBS prescribing and dispensing rules, or other valid special arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012","history":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-emergency-treatment-program-revocation-instrument-2012-no-pb-74-of-2012/documents"}}