Part I Decisions and Appeals

Chapter III Other Decisions and Appeals

Vaccine damage payments

47 Vaccine damage payments: correction of errors etc

After section 7 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“7A Correction of errors and setting aside of decisions

(1) Regulations may make provision with respect to—

(a) the correction of accidental errors in any decision or record of a decision under section 3, 3A or 4 of this Act; and

(b) the setting aside of any such decision in a case where it appears just to set the decision aside on the ground that—

(i) a document relating to the proceedings in which the decision was given was not sent to, or was not received at an appropriate time by, a party to the proceedings or a party’s representative or was not received at an appropriate time by the body or person who gave the decision; or

(ii) a party to the proceedings or a party’s representative was not present at a hearing related to the proceedings.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as derogating from any power to correct errors or set aside decisions which is exercisable apart from regulations made by virtue of that subsection.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 47 in force at 4.3.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/528, art. 2(a), Sch.

I2 S. 47 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)