{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/schedule-10/paragraph-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/28",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/37",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 46 of that Act (undertakings) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (3), after “under subsection (1)” insert “ instead of making an occupation order ”.\n(3) After that subsection insert—\n“(3A) The court shall not accept an undertaking under subsection (1) instead of making a non-molestation order in any case where it appears to the court that—\n(a) the respondent has used or threatened violence against the applicant or a relevant child; and\n(b) for the protection of the applicant or child it is necessary to make a non-molestation order so that any breach may be punishable under section 42A.”\n(4) In subsection (4), for “it were an order of the court” substitute “ the court had made an occupation order or a non-molestation order in terms corresponding to those of the undertaking ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/schedule/10/paragraph/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:58.721276+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."
}