Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

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2(1)The 1995 Act is amended as follows.S

(2)In section 24—

(a)in paragraph (e) of subsection (5), for the words “to which section 288C of this Act applies” there is substituted “ listed in subsection (7A)(b) ”,

(b)for subsection (7A) there is substituted—

(7A)For the purpose of subsection (5)(e)—

(a)complainer” means the person against whom the offence is alleged to have been committed,

(b)the list is—

(i)an offence to which section 288C applies (certain sexual offending),

(ii)an offence to which section 288DC applies (domestic abuse cases)..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. para. 2 in force at 1.4.2019 by S.S.I. 2018/387, reg. 2 (with reg. 6)