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Prospective
(1)A domestic abuse protection notice (see section 5) or domestic abuse protection order (see section 9) may be made—
(a)in relation to a person (“person A”) who is aged 18 or over,
(b)for the purpose of protecting a person (“person B”)—
(i)aged 16 or over who is the partner or ex-partner of person A, and
(ii)with whom person A lives some or all of the time,
from abusive behaviour by person A.
(2)Person A and person B are partners if they are—
(a)spouses or civil partners of each other, or
(b)in an intimate personal relationship with each other.
(3)Whether person A and person B are “ex-partners” is to be determined accordingly.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii), the reference to person A living with person B is a reference to those persons living, at the same time, in any place where either person A or person B lives to any extent.
(5)References in this Part to person A and person B are to be construed in accordance with this section.