{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In the principal Regulations, for regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following—\n“2. For the purpose of section 132(4) of the Act, the following persons, committees or other bodies are appropriate bodies—\n(a) HSC Research Ethics Committee A;\n(b) HSC Research Ethics Committee B;\n(c) Office of Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland;\n(d) Open University Human Research Ethics Committee;\n(e) Queen’s University Research Governance, Ethics and Integrity Committee;\n(f) Ulster University Research Ethics Committee; and\n(g) the following Research Ethics Committees overseen by the Health Research Authority’s Research Ethics Service—\n(i) East of England – Essex;\n(ii) East of England – Cambridge Central;\n(iii) London – Camden and Kings Cross;\n(iv) London – Brighton and Sussex;\n(v) London – Bromley;\n(vi) London – Camberwell St Giles;\n(vii) London – Harrow;\n(viii) London – Queen Square;\n(ix) London – South East;\n(x) Social Care Research Ethics Committee;\n(xi) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;\n(xii) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;\n(xiii) North West – Greater Manchester South;\n(xiv) North West – Haydock;\n(xv) South Central – Hampshire A;\n(xvi) South Central – Berkshire;\n(xvii) South Central – Oxford C;\n(xviii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;\n(xix) Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;\n(xx) Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;\n(xxi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;\n(xxii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;\n(xxiii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;\n(xxiv) Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;\n(xxv) West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;\n(xxvi) Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;\n(xxvii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East; and\n(xxviii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/17/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:49.589506+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."
}