PART 3

Powers for dealing with domestic abuse

Notices and orders: supplementary

Interpretation of Part 3
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In this Part—
- “chief officer of police” means—
  1. in relation to a police force maintained by a local policing body, the chief officer of police of that force;
  2. in relation to the British Transport Police Force, the Chief Constable of the Force;
  3. 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—
  1. proceedings in the family court (other than proceedings under or by virtue of this Part), and
  2. family proceedings within the meaning of Part 5 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984;
- “home address”, in relation to a person, means—
  1. the address of the person’s sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, or
  2. if the person has no such residence—
    1. the address or location of a place in the United Kingdom where the person can regularly be found;
    2. 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”).