Regulation 5 Vaccinations to be treated as carried out in England
Vaccinations given outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man to serving members of Her Majesty's forces or members of their families shall be treated for the purposes of the Act as carried out in England where the vaccination in question has been given as part of medical facilities provided under arrangements made by or on behalf of the service authorities.
For the purposes of section 2(5) of the Act—
“serving members of Her Majesty's forces” means a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown or of any women's service administered by the Defence Council;
a person is a member of the family of a serving member of Her Majesty’s forces if—
he is the spouse or civil partner of that serving member,
he and that serving member live together F2as if they were a married couple or civil partners, or
he is a child whose requirements are provided by that serving member.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 5(2)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Vaccine Damage Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3070), regs. 1, 2
- F2
Words in reg. 5(2)(b)(ii) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 39