{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/17",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Further provision about notification under section 41",
  "text": "(1) A person gives a notification under section 41(2), (4), (5) or (6) by—\n(a) attending at a police station in the appropriate police area, and\n(b) giving an oral notification to—\n(i) a police officer, or\n(ii) any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.\n(2) In subsection (1) “the appropriate police area”, in relation to a person, means—\n(a) if the person's home address is in England and Wales, the police area in which that home address is situated;\n(b) if the person does not have a home address in England and Wales, the police area in which the court that last made a domestic abuse protection order against the person is situated.\n(3) In a case of a person giving a notification under section 41(5), any reference in subsection (2) to the person's home address is a reference to the person's home address at the time of giving the notification.\n(4) A notification given in accordance with this section must be acknowledged—\n(a) in writing, and\n(b) in the form directed by the Secretary of State.\n(5) When a person (“P”) gives a notification under section 41, P must, if requested to do so by the person to whom notification is given, allow that person to do any of the following things—\n(a) take P's fingerprints;\n(b) photograph, or otherwise produce an image of, P or any part of P.\n(6) The power in subsection (5) is exercisable for the purpose of verifying P's identity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 27.11.2024 until the end of the specified period on 24.11.2026 for E.W. in relation to specified areas by S.I. 2024/1191, regs. 1(2)(g), 2, 3(1) (with reg. 4) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 2 and (25.3.2026) by S.I. 2026/342, regs. 1(2), 2)S. 42 in force at 27.11.2024 until the end of the specified period on 24.11.2026 in relation to E.W. by S.I. 2024/1191, regs. 1(2)(g), 2, 3(2)(f) (with reg. 4) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 2 and (25.3.2026) by S.I. 2026/342, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 5.3.2025 until the end of the specified period on 26.11.2025 for E.W. in relation to the specified area by S.I. 2025/261, regs. 1(2)(f), 2, 3 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 11.3.2025 until the end of the specified period on 24.11.2026 in relation to the specified areas by S.I. 2025/319, regs. 1(2)(f), 2, 3 (with reg. 4) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 3 and (25.3.2026) by S.I. 2026/342, regs. 1(2), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 28.4.2025 until the end of the specified period on 24.11.2026 in relation to the specified areas by S.I. 2025/515, regs. 1(3)(e)(f), 2 (with reg. 3) (as amended (21.11.2025) by S.I. 2025/1222, regs. 1(2), 4 and (25.3.2026) by S.I. 2026/342, regs. 1(2), 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/17/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:49.211647+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."
}