Legislation – Domestic Abuse Act 2021
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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.