Section 1: this Act (but section 29 only to the extent that it authorises the provision of programmes to persons who are not children, and sections 108–120 only for the purposes of the public registers maintained under the public register provisions specified in this order) brought into force, on 1 July 1996, by the Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/142).
Section 1: sections 108–120 brought into force only for the purposes of the public registers maintained under the public register provisions specified in this order, on 15 December 1998, by the Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1998 (SR 1998/343).