PART 2

Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 2

Offensive weapons homicide reviews

Conduct of review
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1
Where a review under section 24 of a person’s death takes place, the review partners that arranged it must co-operate in and contribute to the carrying out of the review.
2
The purposes of a review under section 24 are—
a
to identify the lessons to be learnt from the death, and
b
to consider whether it would be appropriate for anyone to take action in respect of those lessons learned.
3
Where the review partners consider that it would be appropriate for a person to take action as mentioned in subsection (2)(b), they must inform that person.
4
The review partners must prepare a report on the review and send it to the Secretary of State.
5
The report must include—
a
the findings of the review,
b
any conclusions drawn by the review partners, and
c
recommendations made in light of those findings and conclusions (including those referred to in subsection (3)).
6
The review partners must not include in the report sent to the Secretary of State material that they consider—
a
might jeopardise the safety of any person, or
b
might prejudice the investigation or prosecution of an offence.
7
The Secretary of State must publish, or make arrangements for the publication of, the report, unless the Secretary of State considers it inappropriate for the report to be published.
8
If the Secretary of State considers it inappropriate for the report to be published, the Secretary of State must publish, or make arrangements for the publication of, so much of the contents of the report as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to be published.
S. 28 not in force at Royal Assent, see ss. 34, 208(1)
S. 28(1)-(6) in force at 1.4.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/227, reg. 3(1)(d) (with reg. 4)
S. 28(7)(8) in force at 1.4.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/227, reg. 3(2)(a) (with reg. 4)