This Division is about payments made by the Commonwealth with respect to the provision of pharmaceutical benefits by approved suppliers.

An approved supplier who supplies a pharmaceutical benefit may be entitled to be paid by the Commonwealth in respect of the supply under:

  (a)   section   99 (payment for the supply of benefits); and

  (b)   for an approved pharmacist--section   99AAAA (additional payment for ACSS eligible supplies).

This Division also establishes the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal. The functions of the Tribunal are:

  (a)   to determine the manner in which the Commonwealth price of a pharmaceutical benefit supplied by an approved pharmacist is to be worked out; and

  (b)   to determine the kinds of supplies of pharmaceutical benefits that are eligible for an ACSS payment, and the amount of the payment or the manner in which that amount is to be worked out; and

  (c)   any other functions provided for under an agreement entered into between the Minister and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, or another pharmacists' organisation that represents a majority of approved pharmacists, about the Commonwealth price of a pharmaceutical benefit supplied by an approved pharmacist or about an ACSS payment.