This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)Section 2 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17) (conditions of entitlement) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (5) substitute—
“(5A)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that, in such circumstances as may be specified in the order, the condition in subsection (1)(a)(i) need not be fulfilled in the case of vaccinations of persons of a description so specified which are given under arrangements made by or on behalf of—
(a)Her Majesty’s forces,
(b)a government department so specified, or
(c)any other body so specified.
(5B)Orders under subsection (5A) may make different provision in relation to different cases.”
(3)In subsection (6), for “that subsection” substitute “this section”.
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