This Act creates a legal definition of domestic abuse, establishes a Domestic Abuse Commissioner, introduces protective orders and notices, reforms court procedures for victims, and creates new criminal offences. It affects domestic abuse victims, perpetrators, and public services.
To make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family proceedings in certain circumstances; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Priti Patel, Baroness Williams of Trafford
Introduced: 2020-03-03
Royal Assent: 2021-04-29