Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17)

Prospective

PART 3 U.K. Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Domestic abuse protection orders U.K.

42 Further provision about notification under section 41 U.K.

(1) A person gives a notification under section 41(2), (4), (5) or (6) by—

(a) attending at a police station in the appropriate police area, and

(b) giving an oral notification to—

(i) a police officer, or

(ii) any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.

(2) In subsection (1) “the appropriate police area”, in relation to a person, means—

(a) if the person's home address is in England and Wales, the police area in which that home address is situated;

(b) if the person does not have a home address in England and Wales, the police area in which the court that last made a domestic abuse protection order against the person is situated.

(3) In a case of a person giving a notification under section 41(5), any reference in subsection (2) to the person's home address is a reference to the person's home address at the time of giving the notification.

(4) A notification given in accordance with this section must be acknowledged—

(a) in writing, and

(b) in the form directed by the Secretary of State.

(5) When a person (“P”) gives a notification under section 41, P must, if requested to do so by the person to whom notification is given, allow that person to do any of the following things—

(a) take P's fingerprints;

(b) photograph, or otherwise produce an image of, P or any part of P.

(6) The power in subsection (5) is exercisable for the purpose of verifying P's identity.