Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)S
67(1)Amend section 14 (victim statements) as follows.S
(2)In subsection (10)(a), at the end insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)For subsection (11) substitute—
“(11)In subsection (10)(b), “cohabitee” means a person who has lived with the victim—
(a)as if in a married relationship; or
(b)in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners,
for at least six months and was so living immediately before the offence (or apparent offence) was perpetrated.”