Explanatory Notes

Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021

2021 asp 16

5 May 2021

The Act

Part 1 – Domestic abuse protection notices and orders

Persons to whom, and behaviour to which, notices and orders may relate

Section 1 – Persons to whom domestic abuse protection notices and orders may relate

10.The phrase “intimate personal relationship” is intended to cover relationships between boyfriends and girlfriends (including same-sex and non-binary relationships), although the relationship need not be sexual. Other family relationships and other types of relationship (e.g. between friends or business partners or work colleagues) are not covered.