http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/16/notes/paragraph/52Explanatory Notes to Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021Scottish GovernmentenKing's Printer for Scotland2021-10-21
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2021/16" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2021" Number="0016">Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021</Citation>
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5 May 2021
The Act<CitationSubRef id="c00003" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2021/16/part/1" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-1">Part 1</CitationSubRef> – Domestic abuse protection notices and ordersDomestic abuse protection notices<CitationSubRef id="c00015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2021/16/section/6" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-6">Section 6</CitationSubRef> – Further requirements in relation to notice52
Sections 6(2)(c) to (g) set out the information about the procedure for applying for a DAPO that requires to be included in a DAPN. It must explain that the police will make an application to the sheriff for a DAPO no later than the first court day after the day on which the DAPN is given to person A, that person A will be given notice of the hearing on the application for a DAPO which, in accordance with section 11(3), will be held no later than the first court day after the day on which the application is made, that the DAPN ceases to have effect when the sheriff makes a DAPO or interim DAPO, or otherwise when the hearing ends and that a DAPO may impose such requirements and prohibitions as the sheriff considers to be necessary for the purpose of protecting person B from abusive behaviour by person A. Section 6(4) requires the DAPN to be given in person to person A by a constable.