The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made: 7th December 2020

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 60 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.

• (2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland.

Commencement

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Section 9[^f00002] of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (domestic homicide reviews: establishment and conduct of reviews), to the extent not already in force, comes into force on 10th December 2020.

Signed

Victoria Atkins — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Home Office — 7th December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland. This Order brings section 9 into force in Northern Ireland on 10th December. Section 9 came into force in England and Wales on 13th April 2011 (S.I. 2011/1008).

This provision gives the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland the discretion to direct a person or body specified in that section to establish or participate in a domestic homicide review, held with a view to identifying the lessons to be learnt from the death. The person or body establishing or participating in the review has a duty to have regard to any guidance issued by the Department of Justice as to the establishment and conduct of such reviews.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2004 c. 28.

[^f00002]: Section 9 was amended by paragraph 126 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), paragraph 263 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), S.I. 2008/912 and S.I. 2010/976.