The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Loss of Capacity during Research Project) (England) Regulations 2006

Application

2.  These Regulations apply where—

(a) a person (“P”)—

(i) has consented before 31 December 2007 to take part in a research project (“the project”) begun before 1st April 2007, but

(ii) before the conclusion of the project, loses capacity to consent to continue to take part in it, and

(iii) research for the purposes of the project in relation to P would, apart from these Regulations, be unlawful by virtue of section 30 of the Act.