Domestic Abuse Act 2021

23Provision that may be made by noticesE+W

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(1)A domestic abuse protection notice may provide that the person to whom the notice is given (“P”)—

(a)may not contact the person for whose protection the notice is given;

(b)may not come within a specified distance of any premises in England or Wales in which that person lives.

Specified” means specified in the notice.

(2)If P lives in premises in England or Wales in which the person for whose protection the notice is given also lives, the notice may also contain provision—

(a)prohibiting P from evicting or excluding that person from the premises;

(b)prohibiting P from entering the premises;

(c)requiring P to leave the premises.

Commencement Information

I1S. 23 in force at 27.11.2024 until the end of the specified period on 31.3.2026 in relation to specified areas by S.I. 2024/1191, regs. 1(2)(g), 2, 3(1) (with reg. 4) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 2)

I2S. 23 in force at 5.3.2025 until the end of the specified period on 26.11.2025 in relation to the specified area by S.I. 2025/261, regs. 1(2)(f), 2, 3 (with reg. 4)

I3S. 23 in force at 11.3.2025 until the end of the specified period on 31.3.2026 in relation to the specified areas by S.I. 2025/319, regs. 1(2)(f), 2, 3 (with reg. 4) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 3)

I4S. 23 in force at 28.4.2025 until the end of the specified period on 31.3.2026 in relation to the specified areas by S.I. 2025/515, regs. 1(3)(e)(f), 2 (with reg. 3) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 4)