Explanatory note

Article 2 of this Order adds Meningococcal Group W and Meningococcal Group B to the list of diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies.

Article 3 modifies the condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(a)(ii) of that Act, which provides that the vaccination in question must have been carried out on or after 5th July 1948. The effect of Article 3 is that in relation to vaccination against Meningococcal Group W, the vaccination must have been carried out on or after 1st August 2015, and in relation to vaccination against Meningococcal Group B, the vaccination must have been carried out on or after 1st September 2015.

Article 3 also modifies the conditions of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of that Act so that in relation to vaccination against Meningococcal Group W, it is a condition of entitlement that the vaccinated person was aged under 26 at the time the vaccination was given, or that the vaccination was given during an outbreak in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man.

A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.