Section 48
Minister may appoint committee of inquiry under Inquiries Act 2007
of Human Biomedical Research Act 2015
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Section 48
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.