Part 3: Powers for dealing with domestic abuse Section 42: Further provision about notification under section 41
This section sets out where and how the subject of a DAPO must notify the police depending on where their home address is located, how notification must be acknowledged, and the police powers to verify the perpetrator’s identity when they attend at a police station to notify.
	Subsections (1) and (2) set out that if the defendant’s home address is in England or Wales, then they must attend at a police station in their local police area to notify. Where the perpetrator’s home address is outside of England or Wales, then they must attend at a police station in the local police area in which the court which made the DAPO in respect of them is located. This will be a police station in England or Wales. A scenario in which this provision may apply is if the perpetrator moves to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
	Where the perpetrator is notifying the police of a change of address as required by Section 41(5), the notification must be made at a police station within the police area where the perpetrator now resides.
	Subsection (4) provides that a notification must be acknowledged in writing and in such form as the Secretary of State may direct.
	Subsection (5) and (6) enables the police to take the fingerprints and/or a photograph of the perpetrator to verify his or her identity when the perpetrator attends a police station under the provisions of this section.