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The Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/2066 · Made 25 July 2006

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Made 25th July 2006

Laid before Parliament 1st August 2006

Coming into force 4th September 2006

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 1(2)(i) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1979 c. 17.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Addition to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 4th September 2006.

2Addition to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies

Pneumococcal infection is specified as a disease to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Anne C McGuire

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

25th July 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order adds pneumococcal infection to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as it has no impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies.