The Regulatory Reform (Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979) Order 2002

2.  In this Schedule—

(a) references to sections are to sections of the Act;

(b) “advised” means—

(i) informed in written form; or

(ii) informed orally where there is a record in written form created by the adviser at the time when, or shortly after the time when, that advice was given;

(c) “in written form” means in a manner which is in, or which is capable of being reproduced in, legible form;

(d) “the amended section 1(4)” means section 1(4) as it is in force on or after the specified date;

(e) “the amended section 3(1)(c)” means section 3(1)(c) as it is in force on or after the specified date;

(f) “the extra-statutory scheme” means the non-statutory scheme of payments referred to in section 7;

(g) “the previous section 1(4)” means section 1(4) as it was in force prior to the specified date;

(h) “the previous section 3(1)(c)” means section 3(1)(c) as it was in force prior to the specified date;

(i) “the specified date” means the date this Order comes into force; and

(j) “transitional claim” has the meaning given in paragraph 4.