17AValue for safety net purposes

#### 17A Value for safety net purposes (1) For the purposes of subsection 84C(1E) of the Act, this section prescribes the value for safety net purposes of the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit. (2) If the supply is one to which subsection 99(2A), (2AB) or (2B) of the Act applies and the amount charged for the supply is in accordance with the Act, the value for safety purposes is the lesser of the following: (a) the price of the pharmaceutical benefit worked out in accordance with a determination in force under subsection 84C(7) of the Act at the time of the supply, minus any additional patient charge (or part thereof) included in the amount charged for the supply; (b) the amount charged for the supply. (3) If subsection (2) does not apply and the amount charged for the supply is in accordance with the Act, the value for safety net purposes is the amount charged under whichever of paragraphs 87(2)(a), (b) and (e) of the Act applies (not including any amount charged under other subsections of section 87). (4) If the amount charged for the supply is not in accordance with the Act, the value for safety net purposes is zero.