Legislation – Domestic Abuse Act 2021
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PART 6Offences involving abusive or violent behaviour
Controlling or coercive behaviour
I168Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
1
Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(b), after “personally connected” insert “
.
(see subsection (6))
”
3
Omit subsection (2).
4
For subsection (6) substitute—
6
A and B are “personally connected” 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 (6A));
g
they are relatives.
6A
For the purposes of subsection (6)(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.
5
In subsection (7), for “subsection (6)” substitute “
.
subsections (6) and (6A)
”