{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-7-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-7-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 7 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-7-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025",
  "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. 7 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025.\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) “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(f) “specified period” means the period beginning with 5th March 2025 and ending with 26th November 2025.\n(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/261/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:30.534660+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."
}