PART 3

Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Domestic abuse protection orders

Offences relating to notification
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1
A person (“P”) commits an offence if P—
a
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by or under section 41, or
b
notifies the police, in purported compliance with such a requirement, of any information which P knows to be false.
2
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 42(5) commits an offence.
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable—
a
on summary conviction—
i
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before the coming into force of paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020), or
ii
to a fine,
or both;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine, or both.
4
A person commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) on the day on which the person first fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed by or under section 41.
5
The person continues to commit the offence throughout any period during which the failure continues.
6
But the person may not be prosecuted more than once in respect of the same failure.