Regulation 2 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In the principal Regulations, for regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following—

“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.”