Explanatory note

This Order increases from £40,000 to £100,000 the sum which is payable under section 1(1) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 when the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person in respect of whom a claim for payment is 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 disease 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.