PB 62 of 2024
Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Amendment Determination 2024
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal makes this Determination under paragraph 98B(1)(a) of the National Health Act 1953.
Dated 14 June 2024
JUDITH WRIGHT
Chairperson
for and on behalf of the
Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Determination 2020
(1) This instrument is the Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Amendment Determination 2024.
(2) This instrument may also be cited as PB 62 of 2024.
(1) Each provision of this instrument 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.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2024. | 1 July 2024 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under paragraph 98B(1)(a) of the National Health Act 1953.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Commonwealth price (Pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists) Determination 2020
1 Section 6 (definition of dangerous drug fee)
Omit “$5.18”, substitute “$5.37”.
2 Section 6 (definition of extemporaneously-prepared dispensing fee)
Omit “$10.41”, substitute “$10.71”.
3 Section 6 (definition of ready-prepared dispensing fee)
Omit “$8.37”, substitute “$8.67”.
4 Paragraph 12(1)(a) (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
AHI Tier | Price to pharmacists for maximum quantity | Administration, handling and infrastructure fee for maximum quantity |
1 | < $100 | $4.79 |
2 | ≥ $100, ≤ $2 000 | Tier 1 AHI Fee + 5% of the amount by which the price to pharmacists for maximum quantity exceeds $100 |
3 | > $2 000 | $95.00 + Tier 1 AHI Fee |
5 Section 20 (table)
Repeal the table, substitute:
AHI Tier | Price to pharmacists for maximum quantity | Administration, handling and infrastructure fee |
1 | < $100 | $4.79 |
2 | ≥ $100, ≤ $2 000 | Tier 1 AHI Fee + 5% of the amount by which the price to pharmacists for maximum quantity exceeds $100 |
3 | > $2 000 | $95.00 + Tier 1 AHI Fee |