47 Arrest for breach of order
Family Law Act 1996 (1996 c 27) | Legislation

47  Arrest for breach of order

(1)     . . .

(2)     If—

(a)     the court makes [an occupation order]; and

(b)     it appears to the court that the respondent has used or threatened violence against the applicant or a relevant child,

it shall attach a power of arrest to one or more provisions of the order unless satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the applicant or child will be adequately protected without such a power of arrest.

(3)     Subsection (2) does not apply in any case where [the occupation order] is made by virtue of section 45(1), but in such a case the court may attach a power of arrest to one or more provisions of the order if it appears to it—

(a)     that the respondent has used or threatened violence against the applicant or a relevant child; and

(b)     that there is a risk of significant harm to the applicant or

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