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Vaccination Act 1867[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Vaccination.
Citation30 & 31 Vict. c. 84
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent12 August 1867
Commencement1 January 1868[c]
Repealed5 July 1948[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byNational Health Service Act 1946
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Vaccination Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.. c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to compulsory smallpox vaccination in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

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Repealed enactments

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Section 1 of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in that section. The repeal did not affect the divisions and districts of unions and parishes previously made, or any contracts under the repealed statutes then in force, or any acts and proceedings duly commenced under those statutes and not then completed, or any liabilities and responsibilities incurred under them, all of which remained in as full force as if the statutes had not been repealed, unless inconsistent with the provisions of the act.[2]

Citation Short title Description Extent of repeal
3 & 4 Vict. c. 29 Vaccination Act 1840 An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination. The whole act.
4 & 5 Vict. c. 32 Vaccination Act 1841 An Act to amend an Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination. The whole act.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 100 Vaccination Act 1853 An Act further to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination. The whole act.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 25 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858 An Act to amend the Act concerning Non-parochial Registers, and the Acts for Marriages, and for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, and concerning Vaccination. Section 7.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 97 Public Health Act 1858 An Act for vesting in the Privy Council certain Powers for the Protection of the Public Health. Section 2.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 59 Vaccination Acts Amendment Act 1861 An Act to facilitate Proceedings before Justices under the Acts relating to Vaccination. The whole act.

Subsequent developments

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The act was substantially amended by later legislation, including the Vaccination Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 98), the Vaccination Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 75), the Vaccination Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 49), which introduced a conscience clause allowing parents to obtain exemption from vaccination, and the Vaccination Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 31). The whole act was repealed by section 76 of, and part II of the tenth schedule to, the National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81), which came into force on 5 July 1948.[3]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Section 37.
  2. ↑ Section 14.
  3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference s37. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ↑ The "appointed day" under section 79(1) of the National Health Service Act 1946, fixed by Order in Council.

References

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  1. ↑ Porter, Dorothy; Porter, Roy (1988). "The politics of prevention: anti-vaccinationism and public health in nineteenth-century England". Medical History. 32 (3): 231–252. doi:10.1017/S0025727300048225. PMC 1139881.
  2. ↑ "Vaccination Act 1867", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/30-31 c. 84
  3. ↑ "National Health Service Act 1946", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/9-10 c. 81
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