{"id":"F2007B00644","name":"National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations - Determination under regulation 18 (16/07/1996)","slug":"national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62441,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00644-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations - Determination under regulation 18 (16/07/1996)","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nNational Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations\n\nPHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS\n\nDETERMINATION UNDER REGULATION 18\n\nI, DAVID TREVOR GRAHAM, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Depart\\-\n\nment of Health and Family Services and Delegate of the Minister for Health and Family Services, pursuant to regulation 18 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations, hereby make the following Determination:\n\n1. This Determination shall come into operation on 1 August 1996.\n\n2\\. The Determination under regulation 18 of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)  \nRegulations made on 18 July 1991 with effect from 1 August 1991 is hereby revoked.\n\n3\\. Payment by the Commonwealth to an approved pharmacist for a pharmaceutical benefit  \nsupplied to a medical practitioner for the purpose of section 93 of the National Health Act  \n1953 shall be at the rate of the Commonwealth price ascertained in accordance with the  \ndetermination under paragraph 98B(1)(a) of the National Health Act 1953 which is in force  \nwhen the benefit is supplied.\n\n4\\. Payment by the Commonwealth to an approved pharmacist for a pharmaceutical benefit  \nsupplied to a medical practitioner for the purpose of the section 93 of the National Health\n\nAct 1953 shall, as far as applicable, be subject to the same conditions as those which would apply to the supply of the benefit other that to a medical practitioner, in accordance with the determination under paragraph 98C(1)(b) of the National Health Act 1953 which is in force when the benefit is supplied.\n\nDated this sixteenth day of July 1996.\n\nD. GRAHAM\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Branch\n\nDepartment of Health and Family Services\n\nDelegate of the Minister for Health and Family Services","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2027},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine machinery update that replaces the 1991 determination. It maintains the existing scope of setting payment rates for pharmaceutical benefits supplied to medical practitioners under section 93, without expanding coverage, adding new beneficiary categories, or altering the fundamental calculation method."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative clauses","No definitions or interpretation section required","Single, straightforward purpose (setting payment rates)","Minimal cross-referencing (only to sections 93, 98B, and 98C of the parent Act)","Simple revocation and replacement structure with no transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination fixes how much the Commonwealth pays pharmacies when they supply subsidised medicines to medical practitioners for immediate patient use, setting reimbursement at the standard \"Commonwealth price\" and applying the same rules as regular patient supplies. It affects approved pharmacists, the medical practitioners who keep medicines in their practices, and the Commonwealth’s payments, ensuring doctors can stock common medicines for immediate treatment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996","history":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-pharmaceutical-benefits-regulations-determination-under-regulation-18-16-07-1996/documents"}}