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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.
[F32. For the purpose of section 132(4) of the Act, the following persons, committees or other bodies are appropriate bodies—
(a)HSC Research Ethics Committee A;
(b)HSC Research Ethics Committee B;
(c)Office of Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland;
(d)Open University Human Research Ethics Committee;
(e)Queen’s University Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity Committee;
(f)Ulster University Research Ethics Committee; and
(g)the following Research Ethics Committees overseen by the Health Research Authority’s Research Ethics Service—
(i)East of England – Essex;
(ii)East of England – Cambridge Central;
(iii)London – Camden and Kings Cross;
(iv)London – Brighton and Sussex;
(v)London – Bromley;
(vi)London – Camberwell St Giles;
(vii)London – Harrow;
(viii)London – Queen Square;
(ix)London – South East;
(x)Social Care Research Ethics Committee;
(xi)North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;
(xii)North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;
(xiii)North West – Greater Manchester South;
(xiv)North West – Haydock;
(xv)South Central – Hampshire A;
(xvi)South Central – Berkshire;
(xvii)South Central – Oxford C;
(xviii)Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;
(xix)Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;
(xx)Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;
(xxi)Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;
(xxii)Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;
(xxiii)Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;
(xxiv)Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;
(xxv)West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;
(xxvi)Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;
(xxvii)Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East; and
(xxviii)Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West.]
F3Reg. 2 substituted (3.2.2020) by The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/17), regs. 1(1), 2
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.