Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The purpose of this section is to make provision so that account may be taken of payments made by a person to a public hospital authority for supplies of out - patient medication when it is being ascertained, for the purposes of this Part, whether the person is eligible to be issued with a concession card or an entitlement card.
(2) Before the beginning of a relevant entitlement period, the Minister must determine in writing the amounts that, for the purposes of this Part, will be taken to have been paid to a public hospital for supplies of out - patient medication made, against payment, by the hospital during the relevant entitlement period.
(3) In making a determination, the Minister may determine:
(a) different amounts in respect of a supply of out - patient medication, having regard to the State or Territory in which the hospital supplying the medication is situated; and
(b) different amounts in respect of:
(i) supplies made to concessional beneficiaries and persons who, in relation to concessional beneficiaries, are dependants within the meaning of subsection 84(4) or (7); and
(ii) supplies made to holders of a concession card; and
(iii) supplies made to general patients other than holders of a concession card.
(4) In this Part:
"applicable amount" , in relation to a supply of out - patient medication made by a public hospital to a person during a relevant entitlement period, means the amount that, under the determination applicable for that period, is to be taken to have been paid to the hospital for the supply of medication.