Citation and extent

1.—(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

2.  Section 9( 2) 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.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 9 of theDomestic 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.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.