{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-7/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-7/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A DVPN must state—\n(a) the grounds on which it has been issued,\n(b) that a constable may arrest P without warrant if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that P is in breach of the DVPN,\n(c) that an application for a domestic violence protection order (“a DVPO”) under paragraph 4 will be heard within 48 hours of the time of service of the DVPN and a notice of the hearing will be given to P,\n(d) that the DVPN continues in effect until that application has been determined, and\n(e) the provision that a court of summary jurisdiction may include in a DVPO.\n(2) A DVPN must be in writing and must be served on P personally by a constable.\n(3) On serving P with a DVPN, the constable must ask P for an address for the purposes of being given the notice of the hearing of the application for the DVPO.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/9/schedule/7/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:10.058862+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."
}