The Vaccine Damage Payments Regulations 1979

[F1 Decisions reversing earlier decisions made by the Secretary of State or appeal tribunals

11.— (1) The Secretary of State may make a decision under section 3A(1) of the Act which reverses a decision of his, made under section 3 of the Act, or of an appeal tribunal, made under section 4 of the Act—

(a) pursuant to an application in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) below; or

(b) except where paragraph (3) applies, on his own initiative.

(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above are—

(a) the application is made in writing and contains an explanation as to why the applicant believes the decision in respect of which the application is made to be wrong; and

(b) where the application is in respect of a decision of the Secretary of State, the application is made [F2 at any time after notification of that decision was given but before a decision of an appeal tribunal has been made]; or

(c) where the application is in respect of a decision of an appeal tribunal, the application is made before whichever is the later of—

(i) the date two years after the date on which notification of that decision was given; or

(ii) the date six years after the date on which notification of the decision of the Secretary of State which was appealed was given.

(3) This paragraph applies where—

(a) less than 21 days have elapsed since notice under regulation 12 below was given; or

(b) more than six years have elapsed since the date on which notification of that decision was given except where it appears to the Secretary of State that a payment was made in consequence of a misrepresentation or failure to disclose any material fact.

(4) Where the Secretary of State has made a decision under section 3A(1) of the Act, he shall notify—

(a) the disabled person (if he is alive) to whom the decision relates; and

(b) if the disabled person is not a claimant, the claimant who made the claim in respect of that disabled person,

of that decision and the reasons for it.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. IV substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals), Vaccine Damage Payments and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2677), regs. 1, 4

F2 Words in reg. 11(2)(b) substituted (28.10.2013) by The Social Security, Child Support, Vaccine Damage and Other Payments (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2380), regs. 1(2), 2(2)