Domestic Abuse Act 2021

56 Interpretation of Part 3

(1) In this Part—

• “chief officer of police” means—

  (a)

  in relation to a police force maintained by a local policing body, the chief officer of police of that force;

  (b)

  in relation to the British Transport Police Force, the Chief Constable of the Force;

  (c)

  in relation to the Ministry of Defence Police, the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;

• “domestic abuse protection notice” has the meaning given by section 22(2);

• “domestic abuse protection order” has the meaning given by section 27(1);

• “electronic monitoring requirement” has the meaning given by section 35(6);

• “family proceedings” means—

  (a)

  proceedings in the family court (other than proceedings under or by virtue of this Part), and

  (b)

  family proceedings within the meaning of Part 5 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;

• “home address”, in relation to a person, means—

  (a)

  the address of the person’s sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, or

  (b)

  if the person has no such residence—

  (i)

  the address or location of a place in the United Kingdom where the person can regularly be found;

  (ii)

  if there is more than one such place, the address or location of whichever one of those places the person selects;

• “relevant police force” has the meaning given by section 22(8);

• “requirement”, in relation to a domestic abuse protection order, is to be read in accordance with section 35(1);

• “senior police officer” has the meaning given by section 22(8).

(2) Any reference to a member of a police force includes, in the case of a police force maintained by a local policing body, a reference to a special constable appointed by the chief officer of police of that force.

(3) Any reference to changing home address includes a reference to a case where—

(a) a person acquires a home address at any time, and

(b) immediately before that time, the person did not have a home address.

(4) See also—

(a) section 1 (definition of “domestic abuse”);

(b) section 2 (definition of “personally connected”).