Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17)
5In subsection (4) of section 3 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act (determination of claims), for the words from “that, if an application” to the end there shall be substituted the words “of the right of appeal conferred by section 4 below”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)
6In section 5 of that Act (reconsideration of determinations and recovery of payments in certain cases), subsections (1) to (3) and (5) shall cease to have effect.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)
7(1)In subsection (3) of section 7 of that Act (payments, claims etc. made prior to Act)—
(a)for the words “section 5 above”, in the first place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “section 3A above”; and
(b)the words from “and in relation to” to the end shall cease to have effect.
(2)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words “Subsections (4) and (5) of section 5 above” there shall be substituted the words “Section 5(4) above”.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)
8After section 7A of that Act there shall be inserted the following section—
“7BFinality of decisions
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, any decision made in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be final.
(2)If and to the extent that regulations so provide, any finding of fact or other determination embodied in or necessary to such a decision, or on which such a decision is based, shall be conclusive for the purposes of—
(a)further such decisions;
(b)decisions made in accordance with sections 8 to 16 of the Social Security Act 1998, or with regulations under section 11 of that Act; and
(c)decisions made under the [1991 c. 48.] Child Support Act 1991.”
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 4.3.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/528, art. 2(a), Sch.
I5Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)
9In subsection (3) of section 8 of that Act (regulations)—
(a)for the words “a reconsideration under section 5 above”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “a decision under section 3A above”; and
(b)for the words “the tribunals constituted under section 4 above” there shall be substituted the words “appeal tribunals”.
Commencement Information
I6Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 4.3.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/528, art. 2(a), Sch.
I7Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)
10In section 12 of that Act (financial provisions), subsection (1) shall cease to have effect.
Commencement Information
I8Sch. 7 para. 10 in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)