Statutory guidance
Domestic abuse protection orders and protection notices
Domestic abuse protection orders and protection notices
Provides police with information on when to consider or apply for a domestic abuse protection notice (DAPN) or domestic abuse protection order (DAPO).
- From:
- Home Office
- Published
- 27 November 2024
- Last updated
- 9 April 2025 — See all updates
Documents
Domestic abuse protection orders and domestic abuse protection notices: statutory guidance for the police (Welsh)
PDF, 861 KB, 65 pages
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Details
This statutory guidance focuses on the processes for police-led applications for a DAPN and DAPO.
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Details
This statutory guidance focuses on the processes for police-led applications for a DAPN and DAPO.
We are aware this publication may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing it so that we can fix these.
Read more about our accessible documents policy.
Updates to this page
Published 27 November 2024
Last updated 9 April 2025
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Addition of Welsh version of guidance.
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First published.