Application and Interpretation
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2. In these rules—
“the 1995 Act” means the Civil Evidence Act 1995;
“the 1999 Rules” means the Magistrates’ Courts (Hearsay Evidence in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1999(1);
“the 2010 Act” means the Crime and Security Act 2010(2);
“DVPO” means a Domestic Violence Protection Order made in accordance with section 28 (conditions for and contents of a domestic violence protection order) of the 2010 Act; and
“DVPO proceedings” means proceedings under any of sections 26 (breach of domestic violence protection notice) 27 (application for a domestic violence protection order) and 29 (breach of domestic violence protection order) of the 2010 Act.
(1)
S.I. 1999/681; to which there have been amendments which are not relevant to these Rules.
(2)