Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 16)

Part 1 S Domestic abuse protection notices and orders

Prospective

Domestic abuse protection notices S

7 Offence of breaching notice S

(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).