Commentary on Sections Domestic violence Section 29: Breach of a domestic violence protection order
111.Subsection (1) requires that if P is arrested by virtue of section 28(9) (which provides that a DVPO must state that a person may be arrested on breach of a DVPO), P must be held in custody and brought before a magistrates’ court within a period of 24 hours beginning with the time of arrest. Subsection (2) specifies that if the matter is not disposed of when P is brought before the court, the court may remand the person.
112.In calculating when the period of 24 hours mentioned in subsection (1) ends, Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and all other bank holidays (in England and Wales, as per the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971) are to be disregarded (see subsection (3)).