Care Act 2014 (c. 23)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Research ethics committees: amendments

Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1059)

1 In regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1059), in the definition of “ethics committee”—

(a) omit paragraph (a), and

(b) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

a research ethics committee recognised or established by or on behalf of the Health Research Authority under the Care Act 2014, or

(d)

any other group of persons which assesses the ethics of research involving individuals and which is recognised for that purpose by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers;”.