SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION NOTICES AND ORDERS

Contents and service of a domestic violence protection notice

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1

A DVPN must state—

a

the grounds on which it has been issued,

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,

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,

d

that the DVPN continues in effect until that application has been determined, and

e

the provision that a court of summary jurisdiction may include in a DVPO.

2

A DVPN must be in writing and must be served on P personally by a constable.

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.