{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-security-act-2010/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-security-act-2010/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/17",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Security Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-security-act-2010",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Contents and service of a domestic violence protection notice",
  "text": "(1) A DVPN must state—\n(a) the grounds on which it has been issued,\n(b) that a constable may arrest P without warrant if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that P is in breach of the DVPN,\n(c) that an application for a domestic violence protection order under section 27 will be heard within 48 hours of the time of service of the DVPN and a notice of the hearing will be given to P,\n(d) that the DVPN continues in effect until that application has been determined, and\n(e) the provision that a magistrates' court may include in a domestic violence protection order.\n(2) A DVPN must be in writing and must be served on P personally by a constable.\n(3) On serving P with a DVPN, the constable must ask P for an address for the purposes of being given the notice of the hearing of the application for the domestic violence protection order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 coming into force (temp.) (30.6.2011 for specified police areas and policing divisions for a period of 12 months ending on 29.6.2012 so that the Secretary of State may assess the effectiveness of this provision) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1440), arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 25 coming into force (temp.) (7.10.2011 for specified police areas and policing divisions for a period ending on 29.6.2012 so that the Secretary of State may assess the effectiveness of this provision) by The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Domestic Violence: Pilot Schemes) Order (No. 2) 2011 (S.I. 2011/2279), arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 30.6.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/1615, arts. 2, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 8.3.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/478, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/17/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:03.407100+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}