{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-6-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2024/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-6-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2024/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1191",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-6-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n(a) a reference to a section, Part or Schedule by number alone means the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;\n(b) a reference to a DAPO includes—\n(i) an application for a DAPO or the making of a DAPO, and\n(ii) an application for variation or discharge of a DAPO or the variation or discharge of a DAPO;\n(c) “DAPN” means a domestic abuse protection notice within the meaning of section 22;\n(d) “DAPO” means a domestic abuse protection order within the meaning of section 27;\n(e) “higher court” means, where the DAPO was made in—\n(i) the family court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal;\n(ii) the High Court, the Court of Appeal;\n(iii) the county court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal;\n(iv) the magistrates’ court, the Crown Court;\n(v) the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal;\n(f) “P” means—\n(i) the person to whom a DAPN is to be given or has been given, or\n(ii) the person against whom a DAPO is sought or has been made;\n(g) “specified period” means the period beginning with 27 November 2024 and ending with 24 November 2026.\n(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2)(g) substituted (25.3.2026) by The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6, 8 and 9 and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/342), regs. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1191/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:01.926954+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."
}