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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Vaccination) Regulations 2009 and shall come in to force on 1st April 2009.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
(3) In these Regulations—
“JCVI” means the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation(1);
“national vaccination programme” means a scheme which aims to vaccinate all individuals in England who meet specified criteria to protect them against a particular infection or infections, with a view to preventing the occurrence of that infection or those infections;
“Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust continued in existence by subsection (1) of section 18 of the National Health Service Act 2006(2) or established under subsection (2) of that section; and
“vaccination” means vaccination or immunisation and vaccinate shall be construed accordingly.
The JCVI is a non-departmental public body first established in 1963 by the Secretary of State. It is a statutory expert Standing Advisory Committee constituted in England and Wales under the National Health Service Act 1977 (c.49) (now consolidated as the National Health Service Act 2006 c.41) and the National Health Service (Standing Advisory Committees) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/597) as the Standing Advisory Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
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