Part 3: Powers for dealing with domestic abuse Section 38: Duration and geographical application of orders
Subsections (1) and (2) provide that a DAPO has effect from the day it is made, unless the perpetrator is already subject to an existing DAPO in which case the new order may take effect when the existing order ceases to have effect.
	Subsection (3) allows a court to make an order for a period specified in the order, until an event specified in the order or until a further order is made. Particular provisions of an order may apply for a more limited period than the order itself (subsection (4)) and, in the case of an electronic monitoring requirement, may not apply for more than 12 months (subsection (5)). Where a DAPO or a requirement of a DAPO is time limited, the duration of the order or requirement (including an electronic monitoring requirement), as the case may be, may be extended on the variation of the DAPO under section 44.
	Subsection (7) provides that a requirement imposed by a DAPO will have effect throughout the UK. So, for example, if a DAPO required the perpetrator not to make contact in any way with the victim, the perpetrator would breach the DAPO by sending a text message or e-mail while they were in Scotland. Such breach would constitute an offence in England and Wales.