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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2010
No. , 2010
(Health and Ageing)
A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health Act 1953 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Increasing the 12.5% price reduction to 16% 3
National Health Act 1953 3
Schedule 2—One-off 2%, 5% and 25% price reductions 8
National Health Act 1953 8
Schedule 3—Merging of Part A and Part T of F2 23
National Health Act 1953 23
Schedule 4—Price disclosure 24
National Health Act 1953 24
Schedule 5—Under co-payment data 33
National Health Act 1953 33
Schedule 6—Special arrangements 36
Part 1—Main amendments 36
National Health Act 1953 36
Part 2—Consequential amendments 43
Health Insurance Act 1973 43
Medicare Australia Act 1973 43
Part 3—Application and transitional provisions 44
Schedule 7—Miscellaneous 47
National Health Act 1953 47
A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health Act 1953 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Act 2010.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
1 February 2011. |
1 February 2011 |
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1 December 2010. |
1 December 2010 |
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4. Schedule 5 |
1 April 2012. |
1 April 2012 |
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5. Schedules 6 and 7 |
1 December 2010. |
1 December 2010 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in Column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.