Part 1Domestic abuse protection notices and orders
Domestic abuse protection orders
17Offence of breaching order
(1)
A person commits an offence if the person without reasonable excuse—
(a)
fails to do something which the person is required to do by a domestic abuse protection order or an interim domestic abuse protection order, or
(b)
does anything which the person is prohibited from doing by such an order.
(2)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both),
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both).