PART 5Protection of children and others
Domestic abuse
F176AOffences 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.