98ACInformation about supplies

#### 98AC Information about supplies Information to be given about supplies (1) An approved supplier that supplies a pharmaceutical benefit (including a supply to which subsection 99(2A), (2AB) or (2B) applies): (a) must give to the Secretary, in relation to the supply of that benefit, the information specified in rules made by the Minister under paragraph (4)(a); and (b) must give the information in accordance with the rules made by the Minister under paragraph (4)(b). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the approved supplier makes, or proposes to make, a claim for payment in relation to the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit under section 99AAA. Procedures for giving information (3) Subject to the rules made by the Minister under paragraph (4)(b), subsections 99AAA(4) and (5) and section 99AAB (about the procedures for giving information) apply in relation to the giving of information under this section in the same way as they apply in relation to the giving of information under section 99AAA. Rules relating to information given to the Secretary (4) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, make: (a) rules specifying the information to be given to the Secretary by approved suppliers in relation to the supply by them of pharmaceutical benefits; and (b) rules defining the procedures to be followed by approved suppliers in giving information to the Secretary in relation to the supply by them of pharmaceutical benefits. (5) In making rules for the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), the Minister may define different procedures: (a) for the giving of information by electronic means; and (b) for the giving of information otherwise than by electronic means. (6) Rules made under this section may be set out in the same document as rules made under subsection 99AAA(8).