PART 3Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Notices and orders: supplementary

56Interpretation 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—

  1. (i)

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

  2. (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”).