{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-researchamendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-researchamendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/299",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (Research)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-researchamendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "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) Queens 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 Midlands – Derby;\n(ii) East Midlands – Leicester Central;\n(iii) East Midlands - Leicester South;\n(iv) East Midlands – Nottingham 1;\n(v) East Midlands – Nottingham 2;\n(vi) East of England – Cambridge Central;\n(vii) East of England – Cambridge East;\n(viii) East of England – Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire;\n(ix) East of England – Cambridge South;\n(x) East of England – Essex;\n(xi) London – Bloomsbury;\n(xii) London – Brent;\n(xiii) London – Brighton and Sussex;\n(xiv) London – Bromley;\n(xv) London – Camberwell St Giles;\n(xvi) London – Camden and Kings Cross;\n(xvii) London – Central;\n(xviii) London – Chelsea;\n(xix) London – City and East;\n(xx) London – Dulwich;\n(xxi) London – Fulham;\n(xxii) London – Hampstead;\n(xxiii) London – Harrow;\n(xxiv) London – London Bridge;\n(xxv) London – Queen Square;\n(xxvi) London – Riverside;\n(xxvii) London – South East;\n(xxviii) London – Stanmore;\n(xxix) London – Surrey;\n(xxx) London – Surrey Borders;\n(xxxi) London – West London & GTAC;\n(xxxii) London – Westminster;\n(xxxiii) Social Care Research Ethics Committee;\n(xxxiv) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 1;\n(xxxv) North East – Newcastle and North Tyneside 2;\n(xxxvi) North East – Tyne & Wear South;\n(xxxvii) North East – York;\n(xxxviii) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) Central;\n(xxxix) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) East;\n(xl) North West – Greater Manchester South;\n(xli) North West – Greater Manchester (GM) West;\n(xlii) North West – Haydock\n(xliii) North West – Liverpool Central;\n(xliv) North West – Preston;\n(xlv) South Central – Hampshire A;\n(xlvi) South Central – Hampshire B;\n(xlvii) South Central – Berkshire;\n(xlviii) South Central – Berkshire B;\n(xlix) South Central – Oxford A;\n(l) South Central – Oxford B;\n(li) South Central – Oxford C;\n(lii) South West – Central Bristol;\n(liii) South West – Cornwall and Plymouth;\n(liv) South West – Frenchay;\n(lv) Wales Research Ethics Committee 1;\n(lvi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 2;\n(lvii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 3;\n(lviii) Wales Research Ethics Committee 4;\n(lix) Wales Research Ethics Committee 5;\n(lx) Wales Research Ethics Committee 6;\n(lxi) Wales Research Ethics Committee 7;\n(lxii) West Midlands – Coventry and Warwickshire;\n(lxiii) West Midlands – Edgbaston;\n(lxiv) West Midlands – Solihull;\n(lxv) West Midlands – South Birmingham;\n(lxvi) West Midlands – The Black Country;\n(lxvii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Bradford Leeds;\n(lxviii) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East;\n(lxix) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds West;\n(lxx) Yorkshire and the Humber – Sheffield; and\n(lxxi) Yorkshire and the Humber – South Yorkshire.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 21.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/299/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:44.136554+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."
}