Part of Domestic Abuse Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:45 pm ar 10 Mehefin 2020.
Jess Phillips
Shadow Minister (Home Office), Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)
2:45,
10 Mehefin 2020
I beg to move Amendment 51, in Clause 33, page 21, line 3, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
“(2) A domestic abuse protection order that imposes a requirement to do something on a person (“P”) must—
(a) specify the person who is to be responsible for supervising compliance with that requirement; and
(b) meet the standard published by the Home Secretary for domestic abuse behaviour interventions, if the requirement is to attend an Intervention specifically designed to address the use of abusive behaviour.”
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