Infectious Diseases Act
(Chapter 137, Section 64(g))
Infectious Diseases
(Diphtheria and Measles Vaccination) Regulations
Rg 3
G.N. No. S 466/1989

REVISED EDITION 1990
(25th March 1992)
[1st January 1990]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases (Diphtheria and Measles Vaccination) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“booster diphtheria vaccination” means further vaccination against diphtheria of a person who has received one or the other of the complete courses of primary diphtheria vaccination prescribed by these Regulations;
“diphtheria prophylactic” means any of the preparations of diphtheria prophylactic set out in the First Schedule, whether such preparations contain diphtheria antigen alone or other antigen and includes such other preparations as the Director may from time to time approve;
“measles vaccine” means any of the preparations of measles vaccine set out in the Second Schedule whether such preparations contain measles vaccine alone or other vaccines and includes such other preparations as the Director may from time to time approve;
“primary diphtheria vaccination” means the vaccination of a person who has not been previously vaccinated against diphtheria;
“route of administration” means the method of administration of diphtheria prophylactic or measles vaccine, as the case may be;
“vaccination against measles” means the introduction into the body of a person of a preparation of the attenuated live measles virus for the purpose of providing protection against infection by the measles virus.