14Prescriptions written between 1 November 2025 and registration of the National Health (Transitional Electronic National Residential Medication Chart) Amendment (Aged Care Legislation) Special Arrangement 2025

14 Prescriptions written between 1 November 2025 and registration of the National Health (Transitional Electronic National Residential Medication Chart) Amendment (Aged Care Legislation) Special Arrangement 2025

(1) In this section:

(a) old Aged Care Act means the Aged Care Act 1997, as in force immediately before 1 November 2025;

(b) relevant period means on or after 1 November 2025 and before the time the National Health (Transitional Electronic National Residential Medication Chart) Amendment (Aged Care Legislation) Special Arrangement 2025 is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation;

(c) relevant prescription means a prescription for the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit written in accordance with this Special Arrangement as in force during the relevant period;

(d) relevant supply means a supply of a pharmaceutical benefit made on the basis of a relevant prescription.

(2) Sections 8 and 9 of this Special Arrangement apply to a relevant prescription and a relevant supply as if references to a person receiving residential care in or at an approved residential care home include references to a person receiving residential care at a residential care service (as those terms are defined in the old Aged Care Act).