Mental Capacity Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 21st December 2022. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016; and “ the principal Regulations ” means the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 . Amendments to the principal Regulations 2 In the principal Regulations, for regulation 2 there shall be substituted the following— 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. . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 30th November 2022 (L.S.) Gavin Quinn A senior officer of the Department of Health