PART 3Health
CHAPTER 2Health Research Authority
Research ethics committees
I1115Establishment by the HRA
1
The HRA may establish research ethics committees which have the following functions—
a
approving research of the kind referred to in section 113(1);
b
giving such other approvals as enactments require.
2
The HRA must ensure that a research ethics committee established under this section complies with the requirements set out in the REC policy document.
3
The HRA may abolish a research ethics committee established under this section.