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Causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adultSection 5Table of ContentsContentExplanatory NotesMore ResourcesPrevious: ProvisionNext: ProvisionPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreStatus:This version of this provision is prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. 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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 5 coming into force by S.I. 2005/579 art. 2(a)s. 5 cross-heading substituted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(7)s. 5 cross-heading substituted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(7)s. 5(1)(a) words inserted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(2)(a)s. 5(1)(a) words inserted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(2)(a)s. 5(1)(d) words substituted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(2)(b)s. 5(1)(d) words substituted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(2)(b)s. 5(3)(a) words substituted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(3)s. 5(3)(a) words substituted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(3)s. 5(4)(b) words substituted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(4)s. 5(4)(b) words substituted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(4)s. 5(7) words inserted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(5)s. 5(7) words substituted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(5)s. 5(8) inserted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 96(6)s. 5(8) inserted by 2012 c. 4 s. 1(6)Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 6A inserted by 2012 c. 4 s. 2s. 36A amendment to earlier affecting provision 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 3 by S.I. 2008/912 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)(a)s. 36A inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 3s. 37A inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 5s. 37A(5) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(i)s. 37A(6) words substituted by S.I. 2008/2833 Sch. 3 para. 206s. 37A(7)(a) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(ii)s. 38A 38B inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 7s. 38A(3) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(i)s. 38A(4)(a)-(c) words substituted by S.I. 2008/2833 Sch. 3 para. 208s. 38B amendment to earlier affecting provision 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 7 by S.I. 2008/912 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)(b)s. 41A amendment to earlier affecting provision 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 9 by S.I. 2008/912 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)(c)s. 41A inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 9s. 42A amendment to earlier affecting provision 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 11 by S.I. 2008/912 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)(d)s. 42A inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 11s. 43A inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 13s. 43A(5) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(i)s. 43A(6) words substituted by S.I. 2008/2833 Sch. 3 para. 212s. 43A(7) words omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(iii)s. 44A 44B inserted by 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 15s. 44A(3) omitted by 2012 c. 7 s. 39(4)(e)(i)s. 44A(4)(a)-(c) words substituted by S.I. 2008/2833 Sch. 3 para. 214s. 44B amendment to earlier affecting provision 2007 c. 12 Sch. 6 para. 15 by S.I. 2008/912 Sch. 1 para. 24(2)(e)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2005/3495 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)S.I. 2007/2045 art. 2(2) commences (2007 c. 6)S.I. 2008/1900 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 12)S.I. 2008/3164 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 49)S.I. 2009/812 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 52)S.I. 2009/1167 art. 3 4 commences (2006 c. 52)S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2010/145 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)S.I. 2012/1432 art. 2 commences (2012 c. 4)S.R. 2015/418 art. 2 commences (2015 c. 9)Prospective5The offenceE+W+N.I.This section has no associated Explanatory Notes(1)A person (“D”) is guilty of an offence if—
(a)a child or vulnerable adult (“V”) dies as a result of the unlawful act of a person who—
(i)was a member of the same household as V, and
(ii)had frequent contact with him,
(b)D was such a person at the time of that act,
(c)at that time there was a significant risk of serious physical harm being caused to V by the unlawful act of such a person, and
(d)either D was the person whose act caused V’s death or—
(i)D was, or ought to have been, aware of the risk mentioned in paragraph (c),
(ii)D failed to take such steps as he could reasonably have been expected to take to protect V from the risk, and
(iii)the act occurred in circumstances of the kind that D foresaw or ought to have foreseen.
(2)The prosecution does not have to prove whether it is the first alternative in subsection (1)(d) or the second (sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii)) that applies.
(3)If D was not the mother or father of V—
(a)D may not be charged with an offence under this section if he was under the age of 16 at the time of the act that caused V’s death;
(b)for the purposes of subsection (1)(d)(ii) D could not have been expected to take any such step as is referred to there before attaining that age.
(a)a person is to be regarded as a “member” of a particular household, even if he does not live in that household, if he visits it so often and for such periods of time that it is reasonable to regard him as a member of it;
(b)where V lived in different households at different times, “the same household as V” refers to the household in which V was living at the time of the act that caused V’s death.
(5)For the purposes of this section an “unlawful” act is one that—
(a)constitutes an offence, or
(b)would constitute an offence but for being the act of—
(i)a person under the age of ten, or
(ii)a person entitled to rely on a defence of insanity.
Paragraph (b) does not apply to an act of D.
“act” includes a course of conduct and also includes omission;
“serious” harm means harm that amounts to grievous bodily harm for the purposes of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (c. 100);
“vulnerable adult” means a person aged 16 or over whose ability to protect himself from violence, abuse or neglect is significantly impaired through physical or mental disability or illness, through old age or otherwise.
(7)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or to a fine, or to both.