PART 3Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Domestic abuse protection orders

42Further provision about notification under section 41

(1)

A person gives a notification under section 41(2), (4), (5) or (6) by—

(a)

attending at a police station in the appropriate police area, and

(b)

giving an oral notification to—

(i)

a police officer, or

(ii)

any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.

(2)

In subsection (1) “the appropriate police area”, in relation to a person, means—

(a)

if the person's home address is in England and Wales, the police area in which that home address is situated;

(b)

if the person does not have a home address in England and Wales, the police area in which the court that last made a domestic abuse protection order against the person is situated.

(3)

In a case of a person giving a notification under section 41(5), any reference in subsection (2) to the person's home address is a reference to the person's home address at the time of giving the notification.

(4)

A notification given in accordance with this section must be acknowledged—

(a)

in writing, and

(b)

in the form directed by the Secretary of State.

(5)

When a person (“P”) gives a notification under section 41, P must, if requested to do so by the person to whom notification is given, allow that person to do any of the following things—

(a)

take P's fingerprints;

(b)

photograph, or otherwise produce an image of, P or any part of P.

(6)

The power in subsection (5) is exercisable for the purpose of verifying P's identity.