Citation, commencement and interpretation_I1

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2015 and comes into force on 28th February 2015.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 .

Additions to the list of diseases to which the Act applies_I2

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following are specified as diseases to which the Act applies—

(a)rotavirus; and

(b)influenza, other than influenza caused by a pandemic influenza virus.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not affect any entitlement which arises under the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2009(2) (addition of influenza caused by the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus) and references in this Order to pandemic influenza are to be interpreted accordingly.

Modification of conditions of entitlement_I3

3. The conditions of entitlement in section 2(1) of the Act have effect subject to the following modifications—

(a) in relation to vaccination against rotavirus, in sub-paragraph (ii) of section 2(1)(a), for “5th July 1948” substitute “1st July 2013”;

[^F1 (b)in relation to vaccination against influenza, other than influenza caused by a pandemic influenza virus, in sub-paragraph (ii) of section 2(1)(a)—

(i) in relation to a vaccination carried out at a time when the person to whom it was given was under the age of eighteen, for “5th July 1948” substitute “1st September 2013”; and

(ii) in relation to a vaccination carried out at a time when the person to whom it was given was aged eighteen or over, for “5th July 1948” substitute “24th May 2015” ^F1] ;

(c)^F2in relation to vaccination against rotavirus ..., for paragraph (b) of section 2(1) substitute—

“(b)that the vaccination was carried out at a time when the person to whom it was given was under the age of eighteen; and”;

[^F3 (d)The condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of the Act (age or time at which vaccination was carried out) is omitted in relation to vaccination against influenza, other than influenza caused by a pandemic influenza virus.^F3]