The Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 No. 193

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2019 No. 193

Mental Capacity

The Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Made

27th September 2019

Coming into operation

1st October 2019

The Department of Health M1 , in exercise of the powers conferred by section 132 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 M2 , makes the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M1 2016 c. 5 (NI), s. 1(5)

M2 2016 c. 18 (NI)

Citation, commencement and interpretation N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2019.

(2) In these Regulations “HSC Trust” has the same meaning as in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Appropriate body for the purpose of research N.I.

[F1 2.   For the purpose of section 132(4) of the Act, the following persons, committees or other bodies are appropriate bodies—

(a) HSC Research Ethics Committee A;

(b) HSC Research Ethics Committee B;

(c) Office of Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland;

(d) Open University Human Research Ethics Committee;

(e) Queen’s University Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity Committee;

(f) Ulster University Research Ethics Committee; and

(g) the following Research Ethics Committees overseen by the Health Research Authority’s Research Ethics Service—

(i) East of England – Essex;

(ii) East of England – Cambridge Central;

(iii) London – Camden and Kings Cross;

(iv) London – Brighton and Sussex;

(v) London – Bromley;

(vi) London – Camberwell St Giles;

(vii) London – Harrow;

(viii) London – Queen Square;

(ix) London – South East;

(x) Social Care Research Ethics Committee;

(xi) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;

(xii) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;

(xiii) North West – Greater Manchester South;

(xiv) North West – Haydock;

(xv) South Central – Hampshire A;

(xvi) South Central – Berkshire;

(xvii) South Central – Oxford C;

(xviii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;

(xix) Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;

(xx) Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;

(xxi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;

(xxii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;

(xxiii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;

(xxiv) Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;

(xxv) West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;

(xxvi) Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;

(xxvii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East; and

(xxviii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 2 substituted (3.2.2020) by The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/17), regs. 1(1), 2

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th September 2019.

L.S.

Mark Lee

A senior officer of the

Department of Health.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations provides who the appropriate body for approving research conducted under Part 8 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 is.