PART I GENERAL

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments Regulations 1979 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1979.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;

“hearing” means oral hearing;

“medical practitioner” means registered medical practitioner;

“payment” means a payment under section 1(1) of the Act;

“tribunal” means a vaccine damage tribunal constituted under regulation 7 of these regulations.

(3) Any notice required to be given to any person under the provisions of these regulations may be given by being sent by post to that person at his ordinary or last known address.