UK Act of Parliament 1997 c. 40 United Kingdom

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 5 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 2 carry different penalties and 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person5

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.002 Offence of harassment. (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Pursue a course of conduct amounting to harassmentAny Person
s.004 Stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress Imprisonment
  • Stalking causing fear of violence or serious distressAny Person
s.008 Harassment. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Do not engage in harassmentAny Person
s.008 Harassment amounting to domestic abuse Regulated
  • Do not engage in conduct amounting to domestic abuseAny Person
s.011 Non-harassment order following criminal offence. (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Breach a non-harassment orderAny Person
18 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Prohibition of harassment. (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Offence of stalking
s.002 Power of entry in relation to offence of stalking
s.003 Civil remedy. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Injunctions to protect persons from harassment within section 1(1A)
s.004 Putting people in fear of violence. (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Offences under sections 4 and 4A committed outside the United Kingdom
s.005 Restraining orders on conviction. (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Restraining orders on acquittal
s.006 Limitation. (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Interpretation of this group of sections. (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Breach of non-harassment order. (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Limitation. (opens in a new tab)
s.012 National security, (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland. (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Extent. (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Commencement. (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Short title. (opens in a new tab)

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.