# The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981, Rule 17: Application for order after giving domestic abuse protection notice

Extent: E+W
Status: repealed

(1) On an application for a domestic abuse protection order made as a result of a person being given a domestic abuse protection notice—
(a) the court must treat the application as a complaint and the applicant as a complainant;
(b) the person given the notice must be treated as a defendant; and
(c) the domestic abuse protection notice must be treated as a summons.
(2) The application must include a statement of the time and date when the domestic abuse protection notice was given to the defendant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/552/rule/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-17
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