The Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Made: 27th September 2019

Coming into operation: 1st October 2019

The Department of Health , in exercise of the powers conferred by section 132 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 , makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2019.

• (2) In these Regulations “HSC Trust” has the same meaning as in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Appropriate body for the purpose of research

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.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th September 2019.

Mark Lee — A senior officer of the — Department of Health.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2016 c. 5 (NI), s. 1(5)

[^f00002]: 2016 c. 18 (NI)

Editorial notes

[^c23891011]: 2016 c. 5 (NI), s. 1(5)

[^c23891021]: 2016 c. 18 (NI)

[^key-d88730804750fc2b8dec6f3b171a31ca]: Reg. 2 substituted (21.12.2022) by The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/299), regs. 1(1), 2