Scotland
8AF1Harassment amounting to domestic abuse
1
Every individual has a right to be free from harassment and, accordingly, a person must not engage in conduct which amounts to harassment of another and—
a
is intended to amount to harassment of that person; or
b
occurs in circumstances where it would appear to a reasonable person that it would amount to harassment of that person.
2
Subsection (1) only applies where the conduct referred to amounts to domestic abuse.
3
Subsections (2) to (7) of section 8 apply in relation to subsection (1) as they apply in relation to subsection (1) of that section but with the following modifications––
a
in subsections (2) and (4), the words “course of” are omitted;
b
for subsection (3) there is substituted—
3
For the purposes of this section—
“conduct”––
- a
may involve behaviour on one or more than one occasion; and
- b
includes—
- i
speech; and
- ii
presence in any place or area; and
“harassment” of a person includes causing the person alarm or distress.
c
in subsection (4)(b), for “pursued” substitute “
engaged in
”
.