National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017
63Standards of composition and purity of pharmaceutical benefits and ingredients
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63 Standards of composition and purity of pharmaceutical benefits and ingredients
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 103(5)(f) of the Act. (2) If: (a) under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, a drug, medicine or substance must be of a particular standard of composition or purity; and (b) the drug, medicine or substance is to be supplied as a pharmaceutical benefit; the standard of composition or purity of the drug, medicine or substance is the standard for the purposes of the Act. (3) If: (a) under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, a drug, medicine or substance must be of a particular standard of composition or purity; and (b) the drug, medicine or substance is used as an ingredient in another drug, medicine or substance (the finished product); and (c) the finished product is to be supplied as a pharmaceutical benefit; the standard of composition or purity of the drug, medicine or substance used as an ingredient is the standard for the purposes of the Act.