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In section 1 of the [1979 c. 17.] Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979—
(a)in subsection (1), for "£10,000" there shall be substituted " the relevant statutory sum";
(b)the following subsection shall be inserted after that subsection—
“(1A)In subsection (1) above " statutory sum " means £10,000 or such other sum as is specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act by order made by statutory instrument with the consent of the Treasury; and the relevant statutory sum for the purposes of that subsection is the statutory sum at the time when a claim for payment is first made.”; and
(c)the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4)—
“(4A)No order shall be made by virtue of subsection (1A) above unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and been approved by a resolution of each House.”.
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