Singapore legislation

Section 48

of Human Biomedical Research Act 2015

Section 48

Minister may appoint committee of inquiry under Inquiries Act 2007

In addition to the matters on which the Minister may in writing appoint a committee of inquiry under section 9(1) of the Inquiries Act 2007, the Minister may in writing appoint a committee of inquiry under that section and direct the committee to inquire into —

(a)

any actual or suspected serious adverse event that has occurred; or

(b)

any contravention or suspected contravention of the requirements of this Act or any relevant code of practice or code of ethics, issued or approved under section 40, by a research institution, an institutional review board, a tissue bank or a researcher, as the case may be.

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