MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (No. MRCC 44/2013)
38Payment of Pharmaceutical Reimbursement
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38 Payment of Pharmaceutical Reimbursement
(1) On and after 1 January 2013 the pharmaceutical reimbursement is payable to a person eligible for it under this Part.
(2) Subject to (3), the pharmaceutical reimbursement is payable in the first quarter in each calendar year in respect of co‑payments the person made for a Pharmaceutical benefit under this Scheme in the previous calendar year ‑ not being a calendar year before 1 January 2012.
Note 1: calendar year is defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
(3) The pharmaceutical reimbursement is not payable for a person in the first quarter in a calendar year as mentioned in (2) if the data necessary to calculate the payment for the person is not available to the Department in which case the pharmaceutical reimbursement is payable to the person as soon as practicable after the data is available.