809Approval of research projects—child or young person to

809 Approval of research projects—child or young person to take part (1) This section applies if the director-general is deciding whether to approve a research project that involves a child or young person taking part in the project. (2) The director-general may approve the research project only if (a) the researcher is a suitable entity to have contact with children or young people in the way proposed in the project; and (b) any other person who is to have contact with children or young people for the project is a suitable entity to have contact with children or young people in the way proposed in the project. (3) If the director-general approves a research project that involves a child or young person, the researcher must— (a) seek the written consent, for the child or young person to take part in the research project, of— (i) the child or young person (if the child or young person has sufficient developmental capacity to give consent); or (ii) a person with daily care responsibility for the child or (b) tell the child or young person that— (i) the child or young person can refuse consent; and (ii) if consent is given, the child or young person can stop taking part in the project at any time.