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.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in that section.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repeal did not affect the divisions and districts of unions and parishes previously made, or any contracts under the repealed statutes then in force, or any acts and proceedings duly commenced under those statutes and not then completed, or any liabilities and responsibilities incurred under them, all of which remained in as full force as if the statutes had not been repealed, unless inconsistent with the provisions of the act. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal3 & 4 Vict. c. 29Vaccination Act 1840An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination.The whole act.4 & 5 Vict. c. 32Vaccination Act 1841An Act to amend an Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination.The whole act.16 & 17 Vict. c. 100Vaccination Act 1853An Act further to extend and make compulsory the Practice of Vaccination.The whole act.21 & 22 Vict. c. 25Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858An 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. 97Public Health Act 1858An Act for vesting in the Privy Council certain Powers for the Protection of the Public Health.Section 2.24 & 25 Vict. c. 59Vaccination Acts Amendment Act 1861An Act to facilitate Proceedings before Justices under the Acts relating to Vaccination.The whole act.
Subsequent developments 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 The whole act was repealed by section 76 of, and part II of the tenth schedule to, the National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6.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.
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