
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Vaccine Damage Payments (Specified Disease) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 30th May 2001.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979.
2 
Meningococcal Group C is specified as a disease to which the Act applies.
3 
The condition of entitlement in section 2(1)(b) of the Act (age or time at which vaccination was carried out) shall be omitted in relation to vaccination against Meningococcal Group C.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
1st May 2001