# The National Health Service (Standing Advisory Committees) Regulations 1981, Regulation 5: Termination of term of office


(1) A member may resign his office at any time during the period for which he was appointed by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of State.
(2) A person who at the time of his appointment as a member of an Advisory Committee was the holder of one of the offices specified in paragraph (3) below (in these regulations referred to as “an office-holder”) shall cease to be a member of that Advisory Committee if he ceases to hold such office.
(3) The offices referred to in paragraph (2) above are—
The President of the Royal College of Physicians of London;
The President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England;
The President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists;
The President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists;
The President of the Royal College of Pathologists;
The President of the Royal College of General Practitioners;
The President of the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom;
The President of the Royal College of Midwives;
The Chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association;
The Chairman of the Council of the British Dental Association;
The President of the Faculty of Community Medicine;
The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;
The President of the Royal College of Radiologists; and
The Dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/101/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-standing-advisory-committees-regulations-1981/regulation-5
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