http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/44JDomestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004An Act to amend Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; to make provision about homicide; to make common assault an arrestable offence; to make provision for the payment of surcharges by offenders; to make provision about alternative verdicts; to provide for a procedure under which a jury tries only sample counts on an indictment; to make provision about findings of unfitness to plead and about persons found unfit to plead or not guilty by reason of insanity; to make provision about the execution of warrants; to make provision about the enforcement of orders imposed on conviction; to amend section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and to amend Part 12 of that Act in relation to intermittent custody; to make provision in relation to victims of offences, witnesses of offences and others affected by offences; and to make provision about the recovery of compensation from offenders.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-16Expert Participation2026-09-15 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 51(1)Victims and Courts Act 2026s. 8(2)s. 8(5)(6)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 51(1)(a)Victims and Courts Act 2026s. 8(3)s. 8(5)(6)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 51(2)Victims and Courts Act 2026s. 8(4)s. 8(5)(6)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 51BVictims and Courts Act 2026s. 9(2)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 36A(3)(3A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 5(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 36A(5A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 5(6)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 37A(8A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 8(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 38A(7A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 10(4)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 38B(3)(3A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 11(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 39(1)(a)(i)(ii)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 12(2)(a)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 41(4)(f)-(h)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 14(4)(b)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 41A(3)(3A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 15(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 42(1)(a)(i)(ii)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 16(2)(a)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 42A(3)(3A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 17(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 42A(5A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 17(6)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 43A(8A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 19(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 44A(7A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 21(4)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 44B(3)(3A)Victims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 22(3)s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004Sch. 6AVictims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 26s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004s. 45A 45BVictims and Courts Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 31s. 18(1)Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004Sch. 9 para. 26ACriminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 3 para. 12s. 95(1) Part 3A Chapter 244J1This section applies if—aone of these applies in respect of a person—ithe person is convicted of an offence listed in Part 1 of Schedule 6A and a sentence of imprisonment or detention for a term of less than the specified sentence length is imposed on the offender in respect of the offence,iithe person is convicted of an offence listed in Part 3 of Schedule 6A and a sentence of imprisonment or detention is imposed on the offender in respect of the offence, oriiithe person is convicted of an offence where the behaviour giving rise to the offence involved domestic abuse within the meaning of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (see section 1 of that Act) and a sentence of imprisonment or detention is imposed on the person in respect of the offence,bwhile the person is serving the sentence, the Secretary of State gives a transfer direction with a restriction direction in respect of the person,cthe provider of probation services receives a request for information to be provided in accordance with this section, anddthe person who made the request appears to the provider of probation services to be the victim of the offence or to act for the victim of the offence.2The provider of probation services must take all reasonable steps to ascertain whether the transfer direction and the restriction direction continue in force.3If the transfer direction and the restriction direction continue in force, the provider of probation services must take all reasonable steps—aso far as the provider considers it appropriate to do so, to provide the person who made the request with—iinformation about the discharge, or consideration for discharge, of the patient;iiinformation about the imposition of conditions in connection with the patient’s discharge;iiidetails of any such conditions which the provider considers relate to the victim or the victim’s family;bif the restriction direction in respect of the patient is to cease to have effect, so far as the provider considers it appropriate to do so, to notify that person of the date on which it is to cease to have effect;cso far as the provider considers it appropriate to do so, to provide that person with—iinformation about the release, or consideration for release, of the patient;iiinformation about the imposition of licence conditions or supervision requirements in connection with the patient’s release;iiidetails of any such conditions or requirements which the provider considers relate to the victim or the victim’s family;dso far as the provider of probation services considers it appropriate to do so, to provide that person with—iinformation about the grant to the patient of leave to be absent from hospital under section 17 of the Mental Health Act 1983, or the consideration of the patient for such leave;iiinformation about the imposition of conditions in connection with the grant to the patient of such leave;iiidetails of any such conditions which the provider considers relate to the victim or the victim’s family;eto provide that person with such other information as the provider considers appropriate in all the circumstances of the case.4The Secretary of State must give the provider of probation services such information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of enabling the provider to carry out its functions under subsection (3).5But the Secretary of State is not required by subsection (4) to give the provider of probation services information that the tribunal is required to give the provider under subsection (7).6Subsection (7) applies if—aan application is made to the First-tier Tribunal or the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales by the patient under section 69, 70 or 75 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (applications concerning restricted patients), orbthe Secretary of State refers the patient’s case to the First-tier Tribunal or the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales under section 71 or 75 of that Act (applications and references concerning restricted patients).7The tribunal must inform the provider of probation services—awhether the patient is to be discharged;bif so, whether the patient is to be discharged absolutely or subject to conditions;cif the patient is to be discharged subject to conditions, what the conditions are to be;dif the patient has been discharged subject to conditions, of any variation of the conditions by the tribunal;eif the restriction order is to cease to have effect by virtue of action to be taken by the tribunal, of the date on which the restriction order is to cease to have effect.Pt. 3A heading inserted (13.8.2026) by Victims and Courts Act 2026 (c. 19), s. 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 2026/918, reg. 2(b)(ii)Pt. 3A Ch. 2 inserted (13.8.2026 for specified purposes) by Victims and Courts Act 2026 (c. 19), s. 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 24; S.I. 2026/918, reg. 2(b)(iii)Pt. 3A heading inserted (13.8.2026) by virtue of Victims and Courts Act 2026 (c. 19), s. 18(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(1); S.I. 2026/918, reg. 2(b)(ii)