Domestic Abuse Bill 2020: factsheets

These factsheets contain details on the measures in the Domestic Abuse Bill 2020. They explain why they are needed and what impact they will have.

Documents for the 2019 version of the Domestic Abuse Bill can be found on the National Archives website.

Domestic Abuse Act 2021: overarching factsheet

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Statutory definition of domestic abuse factsheet

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Domestic Abuse Commissioner factsheet

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Domestic Abuse Protection Notices / Orders factsheet

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Extraterritorial jurisdiction factsheet

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Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme factsheet

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Cross-examination in family proceedings factsheet

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Mandatory polygraph tests factsheet

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Special measures in the criminal courts factsheet

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Secure tenancies and victims of domestic abuse factsheet

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Local authority support for victims of domestic abuse and their children within safe accommodation factsheet

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Special measures in civil proceedings

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Special measures in family proceedings

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Cross examination in civil proceedings

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Homelessness

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Consent to serious harm for sexual gratification not a defence

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Prohibition on charging for the provision of medical evidence of domestic abuse

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Tackling perpetrators

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Amendment to the controlling or coercive behaviour offence

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Section 91(14) barring orders

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Strangulation and suffocation

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Threats to disclose private sexual photographs and films

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