These Regulations are the eighth commencement regulations made under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (“the Act”) that extend only to England and Wales. They bring into force Part 3 of the Act (which establishes a new domestic abuse protection notice and domestic abuse protection order), in so far as not already in force, on a piloted basis on 11th March 2025. Regulation 2 brings into force Part 3 of the Act, except section 55 (which repeals domestic violence protection notices and domestic violence protection orders). Regulation 3 extends the existing pilot (as specified in SI 2024/1191) to the areas specified in that regulation by clarifying in more precise terms the additional pilot area of Cleveland (which was specified in SI 2025/261). Regulation 4 provides for the provisions of Part 3 to continue to have effect after the end of the pilot for the purposes specified in the second column of the table set out in paragraph (2) of that regulation.