808Research standards—certain matters to be covered

808 Research standards—certain matters to be covered (1) If a child or young person is to take part in a research project, the research standards must— (a) ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the child or young person is paramount; and (b) appropriately protect the child’s or young person’s health, safety and personal and social development; and (c) allow the child or young person to stop taking part in the project at any time; and (d) ensure that the child’s or young person’s identity as a participant in the project is protected; and (e) comply with anything else prescribed by regulation. Note The Minister may make research standards under s 887. (2) If the director-general is to give a researcher protected information about a child or young person for a research project, the research standards must ensure that the secrecy of the information is protected.

Chapter 22 Research involving children and young people