{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2021/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2021/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1038",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-2-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2021",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st October 2021—\n(a) section 1 (definition of “domestic abuse”) so far as not already in force;\n(b) section 2 (definition of “personally connected”) so far as not already in force;\n(c) section 3 (children as victims of domestic abuse) only for the purposes of section 63 (special measures in family proceedings: victims of domestic abuse) and Part 4 (Local Authority support);\n(d) section 63 (special measures in family proceedings: victims of domestic abuse);\n(e) Part 4 (Local Authority support).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1038/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:00.533682+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."
}