One of the critical areas in terms of legislative amendments deals with the issue of imminent harm as described in section 8(4)(b) of the DVA. The section speaks to a situation where the police officer, on reasonable grounds, suspects that the complainant may suffer imminent harm as a result of an alleged breach of the protection order, that police officer must arrest the respondent. The notion of imminent harm is not clearly enough dealt with in the DVA. It therefore raises questions around whether a police officer should arrest a respondent for having verbally abused his or her partner. In this regard, it was recommended that clarity should be given to what exactly was meant by 'imminent harm' by either a legislative amendment or through the establishment of guidelines through the inclusion of further regulations.