Guardianship and Administration Act 1995

In this Part –

health and medical research practitioner means the following persons:a lead health and medical researcher; a person who conducts, or assists with the conduct of, health and medical research under the authority and direction of a lead health and medical researcher; any other category or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

human research ethics committee means a human research ethics committee established in accordance with the requirements of – the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research published by the National Health and Medical Research Council, as in force from time to time; or any superseding document of the statement referred to in paragraph (a) published by the National Health and Medical Research Council, that covers the same subject matter, issued under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 of the Commonwealth;

lead health and medical researcher, in relation to a relevant research project, means – a health practitioner who has sole or joint overall responsibility for the relevant research project; or any other category of persons prescribed for the purpose of this definition;

relevant research project, in relation to the conduct of health and medical research, means the research project for the purposes of which the health and medical research is conducted.