Regulation 2 Amendments to the principal RegulationsI1

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)

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.”.