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The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 Statutory Sum Order 1998
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This Order increases from £30,000 to £40,000 the sum which is payable under section 1(1) of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person in respect of whom a claim for payment is first made on or after the date of this Order coming into force is, or was immediately before his death, severely disabled as a result of vaccination against any disesase to which that Act applies. Article 3 contains a revocation consequent upon the coming into force of this Order.
This Order does not impose a charge on business.
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