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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.