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The Transfer of Functions (Vaccine Damage Payments) Order 2021
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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This Order in Council is made under section 2 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975. It makes provision in connection with the transfer of certain functions in relation to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Article 2 transfers all property, rights and liabilities in connection with the transferred functions.
Article 3 provides for anything done, or being done, by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to the transferred functions at the coming into force of the Order to be treated as done by or in relation to, and to be continued by or in relation to, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. It also provides for references to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in instruments, documents or forms to be treated, where appropriate, as references to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Article 4 makes provisions preserving the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to the transferred functions before the coming into force of this Order.
Nothing in this Order alters the functions of the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or the devolved authorities in Northern Ireland.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
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