Domestic Abuse Act 2021

58 Domestic abuse local partnership boards

(1) A relevant local authority in England must appoint a domestic abuse local partnership board for the purposes of providing advice to the authority about—

(a) the exercise of the authority’s functions under section 57, and

(b) the provision of other local authority support in the authority’s area.

(2) The members of the domestic abuse local partnership board must include—

(a) a representative of the relevant local authority;

(b) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of local authorities for areas within its area;

(c) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of victims of domestic abuse;

(d) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of children of domestic abuse victims;

(e) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of charities and other voluntary organisations that work with victims of domestic abuse in its area;

(f) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of persons who provide, or have functions relating to, health care services in its area;

(g) at least one person appearing to the authority to represent the interests of persons with functions relating to policing or criminal justice in its area.

(3) In this section—

• “health care services” means services relating to health care (within the meaning of section 9 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008);

• “other local authority support” has the same meaning as in section 57.