
2025 No. 400 (C. 33)
Landlord And Tenant
The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025
Made 16th December 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 18th December 2025
Coming into force 1st August 2026
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 24(2) of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 August 2026.
Appointed day
2 
1 August 2026 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021—
(a) sections 2 and 3 for the purposes of Part 2,
(b) section 22.
MAIRI MCALLAN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th December 2025