# The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases from £30,000 to £40,000 the sum which is payable under section 1(1) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person in respect of whom a claim for payment is first made on or after the date of this Order coming into force is, or was immediately before his death, severely disabled as a result of vaccination against any disesase to which that Act applies. Article 3 contains a revocation consequent upon the coming into force of this Order.
This Order does not impose a charge on business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110791215/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-vaccine-damage-payments-act-1979-statutory-sum-order-1998/note
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