SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION NOTICES AND ORDERS

Breach of a domestic violence protection notice

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1

A person arrested by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(b) for a breach of a DVPN must be held in custody and brought before the court of summary jurisdiction which will hear the application for the DVPO under paragraph 4—

a

before the end of the period of 24 hours beginning with the time of the arrest, or

b

if earlier, at the hearing of that application.

2

If the person is brought before the court by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a), the court may remand the person.

3

If the court adjourns the hearing of the application by virtue of paragraph 4(7), the court may remand the person.