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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 by substituting regulation 2 in the principal Regulations with a new regulation.\nThe new regulation provides a list specifying who the persons, committee or other bodies who can act as appropriate bodies for the purpose of approving research involving persons who are over 16 and lack capacity in relation to participation in the research.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/17/note",
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  },
  "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."
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