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The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012

Domestic violence

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2014-08-18

POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

This Order brings into force sections 24 to 30 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 on 30th June 2012 in Greater Manchester, West Mercia and Wiltshire police areas. These provisions include the power for an authorising officer to issue a domestic violence protection notice to an alleged perpetrator of domestic violence, and the power for a magistrates’ court, on an application made by complaint by a constable, to make a domestic violence protection order.