Guidance

Domestic violence protection orders

These guidelines support police officers dealing with domestic violence.

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Details

These guidelines support police officers dealing with domestic violence protection orders and domestic violence protection notices. This guidance provides an overview of the relevant legislation.

The first document is the full guidance and appendices A to H in one pdf file.

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Updates to this page

Published 29 June 2011
Last updated 8 November 2022 show all updates
  1. Updated paragraph 1.2 of the guidance.

  2. The content of this guidance has not changed but an accessible version of this guidance and appendices has been created.

  3. First published.

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