Civil Partnership Act 2004

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.