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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-appropriate-body-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2810",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Appropriate Body) (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-appropriate-body-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appropriate Bodies",
  "text": "In relation to a research project referred to in sections 30, 31 and 32 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the appropriate body is a committee—\n(a) established to advise on, or on matters which include, the ethics of intrusive research in relation to people who lack capacity to consent to it; and\n(b) recognised for that purpose by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2014/23",
      "affecting_title": "Care Act 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2645",
      "affecting_title": "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Appropriate Body) (England) Amendment Regulations 2011"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2810/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:18:10.736237+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}