{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/28",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Establishment and conduct of reviews",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) a person to whom he was related or with whom he was or had been in an intimate personal relationship, or\n(b) a member of the same household as himself,\nheld with a view to identifying the lessons to be learnt from the death.\n(2) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may in a particular case direct a specified person or body within subsection (4)(b) to establish, or to participate in, a domestic homicide review.\n(3) It is the duty of any person or body within subsection (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 Department of Justice in Northern Ireland as to the establishment and conduct of such reviews.\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The persons and bodies within this subsection are—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in relation to Northern Ireland—\nthe Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\nthe Probation Board for Northern Ireland;\n...\nHealth 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)).\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may, in relation to Northern Ireland, by order amend subsection (4)(b).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 13.4.2011 for E.W. by S.I. 2011/1008, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 10.12.2020 for N.I. by S.I. 2020/1465, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:58.721276+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}