“concessional beneficiary” has the same “concessional beneficiary” has the same meaning it has in section 84 of the National Health Act 1953, in force from time to time;

“concessional beneficiary” has the same meaning it has in section 84 of the National Health Act 1953, in force from time to time;

“concessional beneficiary safety net” has the same meaning it has in section 99F of the National Health Act 1953, in force from time to time;

“co-payment”, in respect of a pharmaceutical benefit, means that part of the price of a pharmaceutical benefit that is borne by the Eligible Person in relation to a Pharmaceutical benefit made available under the Scheme;

“Department” means the Department of Veterans’ Affairs;

“Diagnostic Agents” means Agents intended to facilitate the determination of human disease and/or human physiological states;

“Drugs” or “Medicines” means “goods for therapeutic use” as defined for human use by the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989;

“Eligible Person” means:

(a) a person who holds a Repatriation Health Card - For All Conditions; or

(b) a person who holds a Repatriation Health Card - For Specific Conditions.

“Explanatory Notes” means the text entitled “Explanatory Notes” and the text entitled “RPBS Explanatory Notes” that is published in the document, Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits for Approved Pharmacists and Medical Practitioners, having the International Standard Serial Number 1037-3667, and dated 1 February 2002, to the extent that that text is not inconsistent with this Scheme;

“general patient safety net” has the same meaning it has in section 99F of the National Health Act 1953, in force from time to time;

“income support payment” is a service pension (defined in subsection 5Q(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986) or an income support supplement (referred to in Part IIIA of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986).

“income support payment under the Social Security Act 1991” means a payment referred to in the definition of “income support payment” in subsection 23(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.

“Medical Practitioner” has the same meaning as “medical practitioner” has in the Health Insurance Act 1973;

“member” has the meaning it has in the Act and includes a former member.

“member of a couple” has the meaning it has in subsection 5E(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

“MRCA supplement” means the compensation payable under section 300 of the Act, in force from time to time;

"MRCA Treatment Principles" means the determination called the MRCA Treatment Principles (Instrument No. M21 of 2004) made by the Commission under section 286 of the Act.

“PBS” means the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme authorised under the National Health Act 1953;

“PBS Schedule” means the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits constituted by determinations and declarations under Part VII of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act) — by the Minister who administers that Act — as those determinations and declarations are in force from time to time — and includes any such determination, as in force from time to time, the application of which has been varied under a regulation under the Act.