# The Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1652 · made 1 May 2001

Article 2 of this Order adds Meningococcal Group C to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (“the Act”) applies. Article 3 modifies the condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of the Act so that it is not a condition in relation to Meningococcal Group C that the vaccinated person was under eighteen at the time or that there was an outbreak of the disease within the United Kingdom or Isle of Man when the vaccination was given.

Made under: Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (Section 1, Section 2)

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## Introductory text

PUBLIC HEALTH
Made 1st May 2001
Laid before Parliament 4th May 2001
Coming into force 30th May 2001
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(2)(i) and 2(2) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 30th May 2001.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.

## 2 Addition to the diseases to which the Act applies

Meningococcal Group C is specified as a disease to which the Act applies.

## 3 Modification of conditions of entitlement

The condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of the Act (age or time at which vaccination was carried out) shall be omitted in relation to vaccination against Meningococcal Group C.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
1st May 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order adds Meningococcal Group C to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (“the Act”) applies. Article 3 modifies the condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of the Act so that it is not a condition in relation to Meningococcal Group C that the vaccinated person was under eighteen at the time or that there was an outbreak of the disease within the United Kingdom or Isle of Man when the vaccination was given.
This Order does not impose any costs on business.

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