Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2066
PUBLIC HEALTH
The Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2006
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 1979( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 4th September 2006.
Addition to the diseases to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies
2. Pneumococcal infection is specified as a disease to which the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 applies.
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