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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-violence-protection-order-proceedings-rules-2011/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1434",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Domestic Violence Protection Order Proceedings) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-violence-protection-order-proceedings-rules-2011",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application for a DVPO in the magistrates’ court",
  "text": "In an application for a DVPO, the application, in accordance with section 27(2) of the 2010 Act, must be made by complaint and, accordingly, when an application for a DVPO is made, the applicant shall be deemed to be a complainant, the respondent to be a defendant and any notice given under section 27(5) of the 2010 Act to be a summons, but nothing in this rule shall be construed as enabling a warrant of arrest to be issued for failure to appear in answer to any such notice.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1434/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:07.591762+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."
}