PART 5Protection of children and others
Domestic abuse
76AF1Offences under section 76 committed outside the United Kingdom
1
If—
a
a person's behaviour consists of or includes behaviour in a country outside the United Kingdom,
b
the behaviour would constitute an offence under section 76 if it occurred in England and Wales, and
c
the person is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in England and Wales,
the person is guilty in England and Wales of that offence.
2
In this section—
“country” includes territory;
“United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—
- a
a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,
- b
a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or
- c
a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.
- a