Legislation – Domestic Abuse Act 2021
PART 1
Definition of “domestic abuse”
1 Definition of “domestic abuse”
2 Definition of “personally connected”
3 Children as victims of domestic abuse
PART 2
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner
7 General functions of Commissioner
15 Duty to co-operate with Commissioner
16 Duty to respond to Commissioner’s recommendations
17 Duty to send conclusions of domestic homicide review to Commissioner
19 Restriction on exercise of functions in individual cases
20 Duty to report on domestic abuse services in England
21 Amendments relating to Commissioner
PART 3
Powers for dealing with domestic abuse
22 Power to give a domestic abuse protection notice
23 Provision that may be made by notices
24 Matters to be considered before giving a notice
25 Further requirements in relation to notices
27 Meaning of “domestic abuse protection order”
28 Domestic abuse protection orders on application
29 Applications where domestic abuse protection notice has been given
30 Remand under section 29(8) of person arrested for breach of notice
31 Domestic abuse protection orders otherwise than on application
32 Conditions for making an order
33 Matters to be considered before making an order
34 Making of orders without notice
35 Provision that may be made by orders
36 Further provision about requirements that may be imposed by orders
37 Further provision about electronic monitoring requirements
38 Duration and geographical application of orders
42 Further provision about notification under section 41
43 Offences relating to notification
44 Variation and discharge of orders
45 Variation and discharge: supplementary
47 Further provision about appeals
48 Nature of certain proceedings under this Part
49 Special measures for witnesses
51 Data from electronic monitoring: code of practice
52 Powers to make other orders in proceedings under this Part
53 Proceedings not to be subject to conditional fee agreements
54 Consequential amendments of the Sentencing Code
55 Repeal of provisions about domestic violence protection notices and orders
PART 4
Local authority support
57 Support provided by local authorities to victims of domestic abuse
58 Domestic abuse local partnership boards
PART 5
Protection for victims, witnesses, etc in legal proceedings
62 Special measures in criminal proceedings for offences involving domestic abuse
63 Special measures in family proceedings: victims of domestic abuse
64 Special measures in civil proceedings: victims of domestic abuse etc
65 Prohibition of cross-examination in person in family proceedings
66 Prohibition of cross-examination in person in civil proceedings
67 Orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989
PART 6
Offences involving abusive or violent behaviour
68 Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
69 Threats to disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress
70 Strangulation or suffocation
71 Consent to serious harm for sexual gratification not a defence
72 Offences against the person committed outside the UK: England and Wales
73 Offences against the person committed outside the UK: Northern Ireland
74 Amendments relating to offences committed outside the UK
PART 7
Miscellaneous and general
75 Strategy for prosecution and management of offenders
76 Polygraph conditions for offenders released on licence
77 Guidance about the disclosure of information by police forces
78 Homelessness: victims of domestic abuse
79 Grant of secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse
80 Prohibition on charging for the provision of medical evidence of domestic abuse
81 Review of processing of victims’ personal data for immigration purposes
83 Report on the use of contact centres in England
84 Power of Secretary of State to issue guidance about domestic abuse, etc
85 Power to make consequential amendments
86 Power to make transitional or saving provision
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Further provision about remand under section 40
SCHEDULE 2 Strangulation or suffocation: consequential amendments
SCHEDULE 3 Amendments relating to offences committed outside the UK
Changes to legislation:
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PART 7Miscellaneous and general
Final provisions
91Short title
This Act may be cited as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.