# The Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019, Regulation 2: Appropriate body for the purpose of research

Extent: N.I.

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) Queens 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 Midlands – Derby;
(ii) East Midlands – Leicester Central;
(iii) East Midlands - Leicester South;
(iv) East Midlands – Nottingham 1;
(v) East Midlands – Nottingham 2;
(vi) East of England – Cambridge Central;
(vii) East of England – Cambridge East;
(viii) East of England – Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire;
(ix) East of England – Cambridge South;
(x) East of England – Essex;
(xi) London – Bloomsbury;
(xii) London – Brent;
(xiii) London – Brighton and Sussex;
(xiv) London – Bromley;
(xv) London – Camberwell St Giles;
(xvi) London – Camden and Kings Cross;
(xvii) London – Central;
(xviii) London – Chelsea;
(xix) London – City and East;
(xx) London – Dulwich;
(xxi) London – Fulham;
(xxii) London – Hampstead;
(xxiii) London – Harrow;
(xxiv) London – London Bridge;
(xxv) London – Queen Square;
(xxvi) London – Riverside;
(xxvii) London – South East;
(xxviii) London – Stanmore;
(xxix) London – Surrey;
(xxx) London – Surrey Borders;
(xxxi) London – West London & GTAC;
(xxxii) London – Westminster;
(xxxiii) Social Care Research Ethics Committee;
(xxxiv) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;
(xxxv) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;
(xxxvi) North East – Tyne & Wear South;
(xxxvii) North East – York;
(xxxviii) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) Central;
(xxxix) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) East;
(xl) North West – Greater Manchester South;
(xli) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) West;
(xlii) North West – Haydock
(xliii) North West – Liverpool Central;
(xliv) North West – Preston;
(xlv) South Central – Hampshire A;
(xlvi) South Central – Hampshire B;
(xlvii) South Central – Berkshire;
(xlviii) South Central – Berkshire B;
(xlix) South Central – Oxford A;
(l) South Central – Oxford B;
(li) South Central – Oxford C;
(lii) South West – Central Bristol;
(liii) South West – Cornwall and Plymouth;
(liv) South West – Frenchay;
(lv) Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;
(lvi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;
(lvii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;
(lviii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;
(lix) Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;
(lx) Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;
(lxi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;
(lxii) West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;
(lxiii) West Midlands – Edgbaston;
(lxiv) West Midlands – Solihull;
(lxv) West Midlands – South Birmingham;
(lxvi) West Midlands – The Black Country;
(lxvii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;
(lxviii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East;
(lxix) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West;
(lxx) Yorkshire and the Humber – Sheffield; and
(lxxi) Yorkshire and the Humber – South Yorkshire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/193/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-2
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