PART 3Health
CHAPTER 2Health Research Authority
Research ethics committees
113Approval of research
1
The HRA must publish guidance about—
a
the cases in which, in its opinion, good practice requires a person proposing to conduct health or social care research that involves individuals to obtain the approval of a research ethics committee recognised or established by the HRA under this Chapter, and
b
the cases in which an enactment requires a person proposing to conduct research of that kind to obtain that approval.
2
Before publishing guidance under subsection (1), the HRA must—
a
consult the devolved authorities and such other persons as the HRA considers appropriate, and
b
obtain the approval of the Secretary of State.
3
The HRA may revise guidance under subsection (1) and, where it does so, it must publish the guidance as revised; subsection (2) applies to revised guidance in so far as the HRA considers the revisions significant.
4
Schedule 8 (which amends various references to research ethics committees in secondary legislation) has effect.