2006 No. 310
The Approval of Research on Organs No Longer Required for Procurator Fiscal Purposes (Specified Persons) (Scotland) Order 2006
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 40(2)(c) and 48(2) of the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 20061, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, interpretation and commencement1
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 20042; 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.
- a
3
This Order shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
Persons who may approve research on organs to which section 40 of the Act applies2
The person (or persons), or group (or groups) of persons specified for the purposes of section 40(2)(c) of the Act is an appropriate Research Ethics Committee.
Persons who may have approved existing research and may approve new research on organs to which section 48 (1 ) of the Act applies3
The person (or persons), or group (or groups) of persons specified for the purposes of section 48(2) of the Act is an appropriate Research Ethics Committee.
(This note is not part of the Order)