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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).