Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Vaccine Damage Payments) Order 2021.

This Order comes into force on 18th January 2022.

In this Order—

• “vaccine damage payments function” means any function relating to the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979^f1 so far as it was entrusted to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions immediately before 1st November 2021 and has before the making of this Order been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care;

• “instrument” includes Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, licences, authorisations, consents, approvals, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents.