The Health Research Ethics Authority Act (The Act) came into force on July 1, 2011. The Act can be viewed here. The regulation governing review of clinical trials and genetics research can be found here.The Act will require that all health research done in the province be reviewed and approved by a local (Newfoundland and Labrador) research ethics review board. The Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) oversees ethics review of health research by the Health Research Ethics Board (HREB) or an approved health research ethics review body. more... See more text