25.—(1) The registered person must ensure that—
(a)before any research involving patients, information about patients, or human tissue is undertaken in or for the purposes of an establishment, a research proposal is prepared and approval is obtained from the appropriate Research Ethics Committee; and
(b)all such research projects include adequate safeguards for patients and employees.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “the appropriate Research Ethics Committee” (“y Pwyllgor Moeseg Ymchwil priodol”) means a research ethics committee established in accordance with guidance issued from time to time by the registration authority or appropriate expert body.