Citation, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Approval of Research on Organs No Longer Required for Procurator Fiscal Purposes (Specified Persons) (Scotland) Order 2006.

(2) In this Order–

“the Act” means the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006; and

“appropriate Research Ethics Committee” means–

(a)

an ethics committee established or recognised in accordance with Part 2 of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004(1); or

(b)

any other committee established to advise on the ethics of research investigations in human beings, and recognised for that purpose by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers.

(3) This Order shall come into force on 1st September 2006.

(1)

S.I. 2004/1031.