Part 3: Powers for dealing with domestic abuse Section 26: Breach of notice
Should the subject of a DAPN breach the conditions of the notice, then a constable may arrest the person without warrant.
	Subsection (2) requires that if the perpetrator is arrested, he or she must be held in custody and brought before a magistrates’ court that will hear the application for the DAPO. The perpetrator must be brought before this court at the latest within a period of 24 hours (excluding Sundays and bank holidays – see subsection (4)) beginning with the time of arrest (subsection (2)(a)). If the DAPO hearing has already been arranged to take place within that 24-hour period, then the perpetrator is to be brought before the court for that hearing (subsection (2)(b)).
	If the court adjourns the DAPO hearing, by virtue of section 29(8) the court may remand the person either in custody or on bail (subsection (5)). When remanding the perpetrator on bail, the court may impose requirements which appear to the court as necessary to ensure that the person does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice (subsection (7)).
	Subsection (8) enables a person who has been arrested for breach of a DAPN to be brought before a magistrates’ court (under subsection (2)(a)) via a live link from the place they are being held in custody.
	Subsection (9) amends section 17 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to give the police a power of entry to effect an arrest for breaching a DAPN if there are reasonable grounds for believing that there has been a breach.