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Part 1Offence as to domestic abuse

Meaning given to key expressions

11Meaning of partner and ex-partner

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) describe who is a person’s partner or ex-partner as referred to in this Part.

(2)Someone is a person’s partner if they are—

(a)spouses or civil partners of each other,

(b)living together as if spouses of each other, or

(c)in an intimate personal relationship with each other.

(3)Whether someone is a person’s ex-partner is to be determined accordingly.