Legislation – Domestic Abuse Act 2021
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PART 1Definition of “domestic abuse”
I2I12Definition of “personally connected”
1
For the purposes of this Act, two people are “personally connected” to each other if any of the following applies—
a
they are, or have been, married to each other;
b
they are, or have been, civil partners of each other;
c
they have agreed to marry one another (whether or not the agreement has been terminated);
d
they have entered into a civil partnership agreement (whether or not the agreement has been terminated);
e
they are, or have been, in an intimate personal relationship with each other;
f
they each have, or there has been a time when they each have had, a parental relationship in relation to the same child (see subsection (2));
g
they are relatives.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(f) a person has a parental relationship in relation to a child if—
a
the person is a parent of the child, or
b
the person has parental responsibility for the child.
3
In this section—
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“child” means a person under the age of 18 years;
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“civil partnership agreement” has the meaning given by section 73 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
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“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989 (see section 3 of that Act);
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“relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996.