Part 2: The Domestic Abuse Commissioner Section 9: Advice and assistance
Subsection (1) enables the Secretary of State to request advice or assistance from the Commissioner on domestic abuse matters.
	Subsection (2) enables any other person to request advice or assistance from the Commissioner on how they respond to domestic abuse. While it is open to anyone to request such advice, in practice the Commissioner is likely to focus on those agencies where the provision of advice will have the greatest impact, for example, police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and NHS bodies.
	Subsection (3) allows the Commissioner to recoup the costs of such work; the power to charge will mean that the provision of advice or assistance in response to such a request is not at the expense of the Commissioner’s wider national role.
	Subsection (4) requires the Commissioner to publish any advice given to any person under subsection (2), subject to omitting any material which the Secretary of State thinks could risk someone’s safety (in the UK or internationally), or which might prejudice any investigation or prosecution of an offence (subsections (5) to (7)).