1Title, commencement and application#
(1)The title of these Regulations is the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Appropriate Body) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on —
(a)1 July 2007 for the purpose of enabling applications for approval in relation to research to be made to, and determined by, an appropriate body,
(b)1 October 2007 for all other purposes.
(2)These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
2Appropriate Bodies#
For the purposes of sections 30, 31 and 32 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the appropriate body in relation to a research project is a committee—
(a)established to advise on, or on matters which include the ethics of intrusive research in relation to people who lack capacity to consent to it; and
(b)recognised for those purposes by the National Assembly for Wales.
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