Legislation – Domestic Abuse Act 2021
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PART 1Definition of “domestic abuse”
I1I2I33Children as victims of domestic abuse
1
This section applies where behaviour of a person (“A”) towards another person (“B”) is domestic abuse.
2
Any reference in this Act to a victim of domestic abuse includes a reference to a child who—
a
sees or hears, or experiences the effects of, the abuse, and
b
is related to A or B.
3
A child is related to a person for the purposes of subsection (2) if—
a
the person is a parent of, or has parental responsibility for, the child, or
b
the child and the person are relatives.
4
In this section—
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“child” means a person under the age of 18 years;
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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.