{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-9-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-9-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/515",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 9 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021-commencement-no-9-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 9 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025.\n(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n(a) “the Act” means the Domestic Abuse Act 2021;\n(b) a reference to a section, Part or Schedule by number alone means the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in the Act;\n(c) “the No. 6 Regulations” means the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024;\n(d) “the No. 8 Regulations” means the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025;\n(e) “specified areas” means the counties of the Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Flintshire and the county boroughs of Conwy and Wrexham;\n(f) “specified period” means the period beginning with 28th April 2025 and ending with 24th November 2026.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(3)(f) 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), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at made date"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2024/1191 (C. 76)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2025/319 (C. 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/515/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:46.710605+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."
}