{"id":"F2015L00446","name":"National Health (Residential Medication Chart) (Repeal) Determination 2015 (PB 20 of 2015)","slug":"national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93051,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00446-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (Residential Medication Chart) (Repeal) Determination 2015 (PB 20 of 2015)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nPB 20 of 2015\n\nNational Health (Residential Medication Chart) (Repeal) Determination 20151\n\nNational Health Act 1953\n\nI, KIM BESSELL, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this instrument under subsection 93A(2) of the National Health Act 1953.\n\nDated 27 March 2015\n\nKIM BESSELL\n\nAssistant Secretary\n\nPharmaceutical Access Branch\n\nPharmaceutical Benefits Division\n\nDepartment of Health\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\n(1) This instrument is the National Health (Residential Medication Chart) (Repeal) Determination 2015.\n\n(2) This instrument may also be cited as PB 20 of 2015.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on 1 April 2015.\n\n3 Repeal\n\nThe National Health (Residential Medication Chart) Determination 2012 is repealed.\n\n4 Savings\n\nThe National Health (Residential Medication Chart) Determination 2012 as in force immediately before 1 April 2015 continues to apply to a medication chart prescription written before 1 April 2017 in accordance with regulations 19 and 19AA of the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960 (the Regulations) as in force immediately before 1 April 2015 and relying upon regulation 58 of the Regulations.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1548},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly as intended: it repeals the 2012 Determination while maintaining standard transitional protections for existing medication chart prescriptions until April 2017. The savings provision represents typical legislative continuity rather than an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections total","Single repeal action with one straightforward transitional savings provision","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","Limited conditional logic (date-based cutoff in section 4 only)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination repeals the National Health (Residential Medication Chart) Determination 2012 (effective 1 April 2015) while preserving legal protection for medication charts written before 1 April 2017 so existing residents aren’t disrupted. It mainly affects residential aged‑care residents, pharmacists, aged‑care homes and medical practitioners — a housekeeping change that removes outdated rules but keeps a savings provision to ensure a smooth transition for ongoing treatments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015","history":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-residential-medication-chart-repeal-determination-2015-pb-20-of-2015/documents"}}