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Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2026 No. 1009 (C. 82) DOMESTIC ABUSE, ENGLAND AND WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE, NORTHERN IRELAND The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2026 Made - - - - 8th September 2026 The Secretary of State makes these...

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2026 No. 1009 (C. 82) DOMESTIC ABUSE, ENGLAND AND WALES DOMESTIC ABUSE, NORTHERN IRELAND The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2026 Made - - - - 8th September 2026 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 81(2) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024(1).

Citation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2026.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

Commencement of section 19 2 Section 19 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (domestic abuse related death reviews) comes into force on 15th September 2026.

Satvir Kaur Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 8th September 2026 Home Office

(1) 2024 c. 21.Document Generated: 2026-09-10

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations bring into force a specified provision of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21) (“the 2024 Act”). These are the eleventh commencement Regulations made under the 2024 Act.

Regulation 2 brings into force section 19 (domestic abuse related death reviews) of the 2024 Act which inserts section 8A (establishment and conduct of reviews) into the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28) (“the 2004 Act”). Section 8A provides for Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews to replace Domestic Homicide Reviews under section 9 of the 2004 Act in England and Wales. Section 8A introduces a new framework for reviewing deaths that appear to have resulted from domestic abuse within the meaning of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17). It establishes a statutory duty for specified bodies, including police forces, local authorities, NHS bodies, probation services, and integrated care boards, to establish or participate in reviews aimed at identifying lessons to be learned from a death. The person or body that establishes a review must send a copy of any report, setting out their conclusions, to the Secretary of State and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner.

The section also enables the Secretary of State to amend the list of bodies required to participate in such reviews.

Section 8A makes consequential provision to ensure that, in relation to Northern Ireland, domestic homicide reviews will continue to take place under section 9 of the 2004 Act.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory instrument as no impact, or significant impact, on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS (This note is not part of the Regulations) The following provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.

Section 68 17th June 2024 2024/755

SI 2026/1009 - The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2026

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