PART 1Domestic abuse: offence and aggravation

CHAPTER 1Offence of domestic abuse

Applicable rules and penalty

10Behaviour occurring outside the UK

1

If—

a

a person’s course of behaviour consists of or includes behaviour occurring in a country outside the United Kingdom,

b

the domestic abuse offence would be constituted by virtue of the course of behaviour if it occurred in Northern Ireland, and

c

the person is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in Northern Ireland,

the person commits the domestic abuse offence as if the course of behaviour occurred in Northern Ireland.

2

In this section—

  • “country” includes territory,

  • “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

    1. a

      a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

    2. b

      a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

    3. c

      a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.