# The National Health Service (Standing Advisory Committees) Order 1981, Note: Explanatory note


This Order revokes and replaces with amendments earlier Orders and provides for the constitution of Standing Advisory Committees to advise the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales on certain services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977. The changes made by the Order are that the Standing Advisory Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is constituted as an additional Standing Advisory Committee and the Standing Ophthalmic Advisory Committee ceases to exist.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/597/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-standing-advisory-committees-order-1981/note
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