Part 1Offence as to domestic abuse

Meaning given to key expressions

11Meaning of partner and ex-partner

1

Subsections (2) and (3) describe who is a person’s partner or ex-partner as referred to in this Part.

2

Someone is a person’s partner if they are—

a

spouses or civil partners of each other,

b

living together as if spouses of each other, or

c

in an intimate personal relationship with each other.

3

Whether someone is a person’s ex-partner is to be determined accordingly.