Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1947 , the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1949 , the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act (No. 2) 1949 and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1952 are repealed.
(2) The National Health (Medicines for Pensioners) Regulations made under the National Health Service Act 1948-1949 are repealed.
(3) Notwithstanding the repeal effected by subsection (1):
(a) where immediately before the commencement of this Part, a person or body was under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1947-1952 :
(i) an approved pharmaceutical chemist approved in respect of one or more premises;
(ii) an approved medical practitioner approved in respect of an area; or
(iii) an approved hospital authority approved in respect of one or more hospitals;
that person or body shall be deemed to be an approved pharmacist in respect of those premises, an approved medical practitioner in respect of that area or an approved hospital authority in respect of that hospital or those hospitals under section 90, 92 or 94, as the case requires, and the provisions of this Act apply to and in relation to that person or body accordingly; and
(b) a special arrangement made in pursuance of section 15 of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1947-1952 which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Part shall continue in force as if made in pursuance of section 100.
(4) The reference in subparagraph (3)(a)(i) to an approved pharmaceutical chemist includes a reference to a person who:
(a) owned, or was about to own, a business for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits at or from particular premises; and
(b) was purportedly approved under the Pharmaceutical Benefits
Act 1947-1952 as an approved pharmaceutical chemist.