Part 1Domestic abuse protection notices and orders

Domestic abuse protection notices

7Offence of breaching notice

(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 notice, or

(b)

does anything which the person is prohibited from doing by such a notice.

(2)

A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (or both).