Part 2: The Domestic Abuse Commissioner Section 15: Duty to co-operate with Commissioner
Subsection (1) enables the Commissioner to request a specific public authority (as listed in subsection (3), read with the definitions in subsection (7)) to co-operate with them, and subsection (2) requires that body to comply with such a request where it is reasonably practicable to do so. The duty to co-operate could include, for example, responding to requests for information from the Commissioner in pursuance of their general function of assessing and monitoring the provision of services to victims of domestic abuse. The list of specified public authorities does not include the Secretary of State on the basis that the Secretary of State would in any event be expected to cooperate with the Commissioner without the need for an express statutory duty to do so.
	The framework document is expected to require the Commissioner to approach national NHS bodies, namely NHS England (which is legally the National Health Service Commissioning Board) and NHS Improvement (of which the NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor are constituent parts), with the same request whenever the Commissioner approach local NHS bodies as defined in subsection (7). This will mean that national NHS strategic bodies are aware of and support requests made to local NHS bodies.
	Subsections (4) to (6) enable the Secretary of State, by regulations (subject to the negative parliamentary procedure), to add to the list of specified public authorities, remove a public authority so added, or amend the description of a public authority already listed in subsection (3). The Secretary of State is required to consult the Commissioner before making such regulations.