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Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to make provision for the granting of measures to assist individuals in certain circumstances to give evidence or otherwise participate in civil proceedings; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family or civil proceedings in certain circumstances; to make further provision about orders under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989; to provide for an offence of threatening to disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress; to provide for an offence of strangulation or suffocation; to make provision about circumstances in which consent to the infliction of harm is not a defence in proceedings for certain violent offences; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2021 c. 17
Introduced by	Priti Patel, Home Secretary (3 March 2020) (Commons) Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister of State for Home Affairs (7 July 2020) (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland (in part) Northern Ireland (in part)
Dates
Royal assent	29 April 2021
Commencement	various
Other legislation
Amends	House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Housing Act 1985 Children Act 1989 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Housing Act 1996 Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Freedom of Information Act 2000 Courts Act 2003 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 Children Act 2004 Government of Wales Act 2006 Offender Management Act 2007 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 Crime and Security Act 2010 Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Serious Crime Act 2015 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Sentencing Act 2020
Amended by	Domestic Abuse Support (Relevant Accommodation and Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Sanctuary Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Health and Care Act 2022 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 Online Safety Act 2023 Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Wikipedia Categories

• Child abuse legislation
• Family law in the United Kingdom
• Child abuse in the United Kingdom
• Use British English from August 2025
• Women's rights in the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2021
• Vague or ambiguous time from April 2026
• Violence against women in the United Kingdom
• Children's rights legislation in the United Kingdom
• Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning England and Wales

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