National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Instrument 2010 (No. PB 108 of 2010)
10Prescription circumstances — Schedule 1
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10 Prescription circumstances — Schedule 1
(1) This section applies to a pharmaceutical benefit if at least 1 circumstances code is mentioned in the column in Schedule 1 headed ‘Circumstances’ for the pharmaceutical benefit.
(2) For paragraph 85 (7) (a) of the Act, the pharmaceutical benefit is a relevant pharmaceutical benefit for the purposes of section 88A of the Act.
(3) For paragraph 85 (7) (b) of the Act, the circumstances in which a prescription for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit may be written are the circumstances mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for at least 1 of the circumstances codes mentioned in Schedule 1 for the pharmaceutical benefit.
(4) For subsection (1), the pharmaceutical benefit is the brand of the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1: