Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into force on 25th May 2021.

(2) In this Order-

“the Act” means the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;

“the 2015 Order” means the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2015( 2 ).

Amendments to the 2015 Order

2. —(1)Article 3 (Modification of conditions of entitlement) of the 2015 Order is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (b), substitute—

“ (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 ” .”.

(3) In paragraph (c), omit “or influenza, other than influenza caused by a pandemic influenza virus”.

(4) After paragraph (c), insert—

“ (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. ” .