PART 3Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Domestic abuse protection notices

23Provision that may be made by notices

1

A domestic abuse protection notice may provide that the person to whom the notice is given (“P”)—

a

may not contact the person for whose protection the notice is given;

b

may not come within a specified distance of any premises in England or Wales in which that person lives.

Specified” means specified in the notice.

2

If P lives in premises in England or Wales in which the person for whose protection the notice is given also lives, the notice may also contain provision—

a

prohibiting P from evicting or excluding that person from the premises;

b

prohibiting P from entering the premises;

c

requiring P to leave the premises.