# Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, Section 9: Establishment and conduct of reviews

Extent: E+W+N.I.

(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 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.
(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.
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The persons and bodies within this subsection are—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland—
the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
the Probation Board for Northern Ireland;
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Health 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)).
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(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may, in relation to Northern Ireland, by order amend subsection (4)(b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-9
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