| Act of Parliament | |
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| 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. |
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| 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, and Northern Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 April 2021 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act included provisions necessary to ratify the Istanbul Convention.[1] Much of the content within the act is still much debated. The act is intended to help tackle domestic violence in the United Kingdom, which has been referred to as a "silent epidemic."[2] There have been numerous suggestions to address the act's protection of victims of domestic violence. The United Kingdom has also received criticism for taking eight years to carry out commitments following the Istanbul Convention.[citation needed]
- ^ Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Violence Against Women and Girls and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) - 2021 Report on Progress. Great Britain. Home Office. [United Kingdom]. 2021. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-5286-2962-1. OCLC 1289304359.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Hayes, Derren (2019). "Special Report on Domestic Abuse". Children & Young People Now: 29. doi:10.12968/cypn.2019.12.29. S2CID 253137421.