{"id":"C2004A01403","name":"National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Charges) Act 1975","slug":"national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"93 of 1975","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":6227,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A01403-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Charges) Act 1975","content":"NATIONAL HEALTH (PHARMACEUTICAL\n\nBENEFITS CHARGES) ACT 1975\n\nNo. 93 of 1975\n\nAn Act relating to Charges for Pharmaceutical Benefits.\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1. (1) This Act may be cited as the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits Charges) Act 1975.\n\n(2) The National Health Act 1953-1974, as amended by the National Health Act 1975 and the National Health Act (No. 2) 1975, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n(3) Section 1 of the National Health Act (No. 2) 1975 is amended by omitting sub-section (4).\n\n(4) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the National Health Act 1953-1975.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 September 1975.\n\nInterpretation.\n\n3. Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended—\n\n(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of “the appropriate maximum amount” in sub-section (1) the words “Fifty cents” and substituting the figures and word “75 cents”; and\n\n(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of that definition the words “One dollar” and substituting the figures “$1.50”.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1730},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its narrow, original purpose of adjusting specific pharmaceutical benefits charge amounts. It has not expanded beyond the technical amendment of monetary thresholds in the Principal Act."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (3 operative sections)","Limited to updating two specific dollar figures","No definitions, conditions, or exceptions","Straightforward mechanical amendment of existing provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1975 Act adjusts the maximum amounts that patients pay for medicines under Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Increases the standard patient co-payment for subsidised medicines from 50 cents to **75 cents**\n- Increases the higher-tier co-payment from $1.00 to **$1.50**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Patients filling prescriptions under the PBS\n- Pharmacists dispensing these medicines\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a technical amendment that updates the \"appropriate maximum amount\" (the legal cap on what patients can be charged) in the National Health Act. It ensures patient contributions keep pace with policy adjustments, though the amounts reflect 1975 values."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975","history":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-charges-act-1975/documents"}}