10Requirement to give a prescription

#### 10 Requirement to give a prescription If, under this instrument, a prescription is required to be given or presented to an approved supplier for the purpose of supplying a pharmaceutical benefit to the person for whom the prescription was written, that requirement is taken to have been met in relation to an electronic prescription if: (a) the person who will receive the pharmaceutical benefit (whether or not for the person’s own use) requests the approved supplier to supply the pharmaceutical benefit; and (b) the approved supplier consents, within the meaning of subsection 5(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999, to the prescription being given or presented, in accordance with approved information technology requirements (if any), by means of an eligible electronic communication; and (c) the prescription is accessible by the approved supplier.