2020 No. 17
The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made
Coming into operation
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 2020.
2
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016; and
“the principal Regulations” means the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20193.
Amendments to the principal Regulations2
In the principal Regulations, for regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following—
2
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;
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London – Harrow;
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London – Queen Square;
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London – South East;
x
Social Care Research Ethics Committee;
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North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;
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North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;
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North West – Greater Manchester South;
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North West – Haydock;
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South Central – Hampshire A;
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South Central – Berkshire;
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South Central – Oxford C;
xviii
Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;
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Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;
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West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;
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Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;
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Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East; and
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Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 29th January 2020.
(This note is not part of the Order)