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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2019 No. 193
Mental Capacity
The Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
Made
27th September 2019
Coming into operation
1st October 2019
Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2019.
(2) In these Regulations “HSC Trust” has the same meaning as in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Appropriate body for the purpose of researchN.I.
2. An appropriate body is a person or body designated as an appropriate body by an HSC trust or a university.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th September 2019.
L.S.
Mark Lee
A senior officer of the
Department of Health.
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
These Regulations provides who the appropriate body for approving research conducted under Part 8 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 is.