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The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024.

(2) In these Regulations—

(a)a reference to a section, Part or Schedule by number alone means the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;

(b)a reference to a DAPO includes—

(i)an application for a DAPO or the making of a DAPO, and

(ii)an application for variation or discharge of a DAPO or the variation or discharge of a DAPO;

(c)DAPN” means a domestic abuse protection notice within the meaning of section 22;

(d)DAPO” means a domestic abuse protection order within the meaning of section 27;

(e)higher court” means, where the DAPO was made in—

(i)the family court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal;

(ii)the High Court, the Court of Appeal;

(iii)the county court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal;

(iv)the magistrates’ court, the Crown Court;

(v)the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal;

(f)P” means—

(i)the person to whom a DAPN is to be given or has been given, or

(ii)the person against whom a DAPO is sought or has been made;

(g)specified period” means the period beginning with 27 November 2024 and ending with 26 November 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

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