Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Changes to legislation:
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 27 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 October 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes to Legislation
Changes and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above.
PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 2Offensive weapons homicide reviews
27Notification of Secretary of State
(1)
If a review partner becomes aware of qualifying circumstances in relation to a person’s death, the review partner must notify the Secretary of State before the end of the notification period of one of the following—
(a)
that the review partner is under a duty to arrange for there to be a review under section 24 of the person’s death,
(b)
that the review partner is not under that duty in respect of the death, or
(c)
that the review partner has not been able to take a decision on the matter.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if, when the review partner becomes aware of qualifying circumstances in relation to a person’s death, the review partner is also aware that no duty in section 24(1) arises in respect of the death because of section 24(5) or 26.
(3)
(4)
Where a review partner—
(a)
notifies the Secretary of State that the review partner is under a duty to arrange a review under section 24 of a death, but
(b)
before the review starts to take place, decides that the review partner is not under that duty in respect of that death (see section 24(3) and (4)),
the review partner must notify the Secretary of State of that decision.
(5)
Where a review under section 24 of a death is discontinued because the review partner considers that a condition mentioned in section 24(1)(a) to (c) is not satisfied in relation to the death (see section 24(3)), the review partner must notify the Secretary of State.
(6)
Where a review partner—
(a)
notifies the Secretary of State that the review partner is not under a duty to arrange a review under section 24 of a death, but
(b)
afterwards decides that the review partner is under that duty in respect of that death,
the review partner must notify the Secretary of State of that decision.
(7)
For the purposes of this section, a review partner becomes aware of qualifying circumstances in relation to a person’s death if the review partner becomes aware of such facts as make it likely that—
(a)
the conditions mentioned in section 24(1)(a) and (b) are satisfied in relation to the death, and
(b)
the review partner is one of the relevant review partners in respect of the death.
(8)
In this section “the notification period”, in relation to notification by a review partner, means the period of one month beginning with the day on which the review partner becomes aware of qualifying circumstances in relation to the death in question.