12Payment for supply of benefits

12 Payment for supply of benefits

(1) An approved pharmacist who has made a special arrangement supply of an eligible pharmaceutical benefit for an eligible patient is, subject to section 99AAA of the Act and to the conditions determined under section 98C of the Act and applicable at the time of the supply, entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth an amount that is equal to the amount that the patient could have been charged for the supply under paragraph 87(2)(a) of the Act if section 9 of this instrument did not apply to the supply. (2) This section has effect in addition to section 99 of the Act.