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Section 9 Establishment and conduct of reviewsI1I2

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

In this section “domestic homicide review” means a review of the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by—

(a)

a person to whom he was related or with whom he was or had been in an intimate personal relationship, or

(b)

a member of the same household as himself,

held with a view to identifying the lessons to be learnt from the death.

(2)

The F1Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may in a particular case direct a specified person or body within subsection F2(4)(b) to establish, or to participate in, a domestic homicide review.

(3)

It is the duty of any person or body within subsection F3(4)(b) establishing or participating in a domestic homicide review (whether or not held pursuant to a direction under subsection (2)) to have regard to any guidance issued by the F4Department of Justice in Northern Ireland as to the establishment and conduct of such reviews.

F5(3A)

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F6(3B)

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F7(3C)

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(4)

The persons and bodies within this subsection are—

F8(a)

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(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland—

  • the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

  • the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;

  • F9...

  • F10Health and Social Care trusts established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)).

F11(5)

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F12(6)

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F13(7)

The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may, in relation to Northern Ireland, by order amend subsection (4)(b).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 9(2) substituted (15.9.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(a)(i), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F2

Word in s. 9(2) substituted (15.9.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(a)(ii), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F3

Word in s. 9(3) substituted (15.9.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(a)(ii), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F4

Words in s. 9(3) substituted (15.9.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(a)(i), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F5

S. 9(3A) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F6

S. 9(3B) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F7

S. 9(3C) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F8

S. 9(4)(a) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F9

Words in s. 9(4)(b) omitted (N.I.) (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 208(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b); and (E.W.) (30.11.2022) by The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1174), arts. 1(2), 21(a)

F10

Words in s. 9(4)(b) substituted (N.I.) (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 208(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b); and (E.W.) (30.11.2022) by The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1174), arts. 1(2), 21(b)

F11

S. 9(5) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F12

S. 9(6) omitted (15.9.2026) by virtue of Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 19(3)(b), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2026/1009, reg. 2

F13

S. 9(7) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 12, Sch. 14 para. 85(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

Commencement

I1

S. 9 in force at 13.4.2011 for E.W. by S.I. 2011/1008, art. 2

I2

S. 9 in force at 10.12.2020 for N.I. by S.I. 2020/1465, art. 2