{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-96.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "section/96",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Causing or allowing child or vulnerable adult to suffer serious physical harm",
  "text": "(1) Section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (offence of causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) in paragraph (a) after “dies” insert “ or suffers serious physical harm ”;\n(b) in paragraph (d) for “V's death” substitute “ the death or serious physical harm ”.\n(3) In subsection (3)(a) for “V's death” substitute “ the death or serious physical harm ”.\n(4) In subsection (4)(b) for “V's death” substitute “ the death or serious physical harm ”.\n(5) In subsection (7) after “this section” insert “ of causing or allowing a person's death ”.\n(6) After that subsection insert—\n“(8) A person guilty of an offence under this section of causing or allowing a person to suffer serious physical harm is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to a fine, or to both.”.\n(7) For the cross-heading before section 5 substitute “ Causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm ”.\n(8) Schedule 6 (which contains amendments consequential on this section) has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 96 in operation at 29.1.2016 by S.R. 2015/418, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/section/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:10.058862+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."
}