Criminal Law, England And Wales PART 1 Introduction Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews) Regulations 2022. 2 These Regulations come into force after the expiry of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are made. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022; “ pilot area ” means— the police area of South Wales; the area of the London borough councils of Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Lambeth or Southwark; the area of Birmingham city council or Coventry city council; “ recorded ” means recorded by, or on behalf of, a chief officer of police for a police area in England and Wales on the official computer system of that chief officer. Extent and application 3 1 These Regulations extend to England and Wales. 2 These Regulations, except regulations 5 to 11, apply to England and Wales. 3 Regulations 5 to 11 apply to— a the chief officers of police for the pilot area; b the local authorities ; i covering the police area of South Wales; ii that are the London borough councils of Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Lambeth and Southwark; iii that are Birmingham city council and Coventry city council; c the integrated care boards covering the area of— i the London borough councils of Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Lambeth or Southwark; ii Birmingham city council or Coventry city council; d the local health boards covering the police area of South Wales. PART 2 Duty to arrange an Offensive Weapons Homicide Review Specified conditions 4 1 The conditions in paragraph (2) are specified for the purpose of section 24(1)(c) of the Act (other conditions triggering a review obligation). 2 The conditions are— a one of the following has been located— i the body of the person who died, or ii part of the body of the person who died, b the identity of one of the following has been recorded— i the person who died, or ii at least one person who caused, or is likely to have caused, that person’s death, c one or more review partner has information about, or would reasonably be expected to have information about either,— i the person who died, or ii at least one person who caused, or is likely to have caused, that person’s death, and d the death is not a “death or serious injury matter” within the meaning of section 12(2A) of the Police Reform Act 2002 . 3 In this regulation, “ information ” means information that there is a risk a person may commit, or be a victim of, antisocial or criminal behaviour, and such information— a includes information relating to the person’s education, antisocial or criminal behaviour, housing, medical history and mental health; b includes safeguarding information about the person; c does not include information that only became known to a review partner after the earlier of either— i the recorded time of death of the person who died, or ii the recorded death of the person who died. PART 3 Relevant Review Partners Relevant review partners 5 This Part applies for the purposes of section 25 of the Act to identify which review partners are to be to the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death, or where more than one person dies in the same incident in respect of all the deaths. 6 1 This regulation applies where the location or likely location of the death is known and is in a pilot area. 2 The relevant review partners are the review partners listed in regulation 9 in whose area the death occurred or is likely to have occurred. 7 1 This regulation applies where one person dies, the location or likely location of the death is not known and either— a the body of the person who died was recorded to be found in a pilot area, b part of the body of the person who died was recorded to be found in a pilot area, or c part of the body was recorded as found first in a pilot area, where parts were found in more than one area. 2 The relevant review partners are the review partners listed in regulation 9 in whose area either— a the body of the person who died was recorded to be found, b a part of the body of the person who died was recorded to be found, or c part of the body was recorded as found first, where parts were found in more than one area. 8 1 This regulation applies where more than one person dies in the same incident, the location of the deaths is not known, or there is more than one location, and either— a a body of a person who died was recorded as found first in a pilot area; or b part of a body of a person who died was recorded as found first in a pilot area. 2 The relevant review partners are the review partners listed in regulation 9 in whose area a body of a person who died, or a part of a body of a person who died, was recorded as found first. 9 The review partners for the purposes of regulations 6 to 8 are— a the chief officer of police for a police area, b the local authority, and c the integrated care board or, in Wales, the local health board. Power to specify relevant review partner 10 1 If regulations 6 to 9 do not apply, the Secretary of State may give a direction specifying which review partners are the relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death. 2 The Secretary of State may withdraw or amend a direction given under paragraph (1). PART 4 Delegating functions Delegation by relevant review partners 11 1 The relevant review partners in respect of a person’s death may act jointly to appoint one of themselves, or another person, to carry out on their behalf one or more of the functions listed in paragraph (2). 2 The functions for the purposes of paragraph (1) are the functions in the following sections of the Act— a section 28(3) (inform a person that it is appropriate to take action in respect of the lessons learned from a review); b section 28(4) (prepare and send a report on the review to the Secretary of State); c section 29(1) (request a person provide specified information) for the purposes of section 28 of the Act (conduct of review); d section 29(6) (power to enforce the duty to comply with the request for information) in relation to a request made under sub-paragraph (c). Chris Philp Minister of State Home Office 30th November 2022