# Domestic Abuse Act 2021, Section 42: Further provision about notification under section 41


(1) A person gives a notification under section 41(2), (4), (5) or (6) by—
(a) attending at a police station in the appropriate police area, and
(b) giving an oral notification to—
(i) a police officer, or
(ii) any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.
(2) In subsection (1) “the appropriate police area”, in relation to a person, means—
(a) if the person's home address is in England and Wales, the police area in which that home address is situated;
(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.
(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.
(4) A notification given in accordance with this section must be acknowledged—
(a) in writing, and
(b) in the form directed by the Secretary of State.
(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—
(a) take P's fingerprints;
(b) photograph, or otherwise produce an image of, P or any part of P.
(6) The power in subsection (5) is exercisable for the purpose of verifying P's identity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/17/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-act-2021/section-42
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