The Crime and Security Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2014
This Order brings into force sections 24 to 31 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 on 8th March 2014 across police forces throughout England and Wales. Previously, sections 24 to 30 had been commenced, but only in relation to three specified police areas. These provisions include the power for an authorising officer to issue a domestic violence protection notice to an alleged perpetrator of domestic violence, and the power for a magistrates’ court, on an application made by complaint by a constable, to make a domestic violence protection order.