16Maximum quantity — Schedule 1

16 Maximum quantity — Schedule 1

 (1) For paragraph 85A (2) (a) of the Act, the maximum quantity or number of units of the pharmaceutical item in a pharmaceutical benefit mentioned in Schedule 1 that may, in 1 prescription for the supply of the pharmaceutical benefit, be directed by an authorised prescriber to be supplied on any 1 occasion is the quantity or number of units mentioned in the column in Schedule 1 headed ‘Maximum Quantity’ for the pharmaceutical benefit and authorised prescriber.

 (2) If at least 1 purposes code is mentioned in the column in Schedule 1 headed ‘Purposes’ for a pharmaceutical benefit, the quantity or number of units mentioned in the column headed ‘Maximum Quantity’ is the maximum for the particular purposes mentioned in Schedule 4 for each purposes code.

 (3) If no purposes code is mentioned in the column in Schedule 1 headed ‘Purposes’, the quantity or number of units mentioned in the column in Schedule 1 headed ‘Maximum Quantity’ is the maximum for all purposes, other than a purpose for which a different maximum is mentioned for the same pharmaceutical benefit.

 (4) For subsection (1) the pharmaceutical item is the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1:

 (5) For this section, the pharmaceutical benefit is the brand of the listed drug mentioned in Schedule 1: