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<Text>For section 58 of the 2014 Act (meaning of abuse and domestic abuse) substitute—</Text>
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<Text>In this Chapter, “<Term>abuse</Term>” means—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>domestic abuse within the meaning given by section 1 of the Domestic Abuse Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/17" id="c00010" Year="2021" Number="17" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">2021 (c. 17)</Citation>, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>any other kind of abuse that, directly or indirectly, may give rise to a risk of harm, including (for example)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>exploitation within the meaning of the Modern Slavery Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2015/30" id="c00011" Year="2015" Number="30" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">2015 (c. 30)</Citation>;</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>harassment or stalking within the meaning of those expressions in the Protection from Harassment Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/40" id="c00012" Year="1997" Number="40" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">1997 (c. 40)</Citation>.</Text>
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