PART 1

Domestic abuse: offence and aggravation
CHAPTER 1

Offence of domestic abuse

Applicable rules and penalty

Behaviour occurring outside the UK
10
1
If—
a
a person's course of behaviour consists of or includes behaviour occurring in a country outside the United Kingdom,
b
the domestic abuse offence would be constituted by virtue of the course of behaviour if it occurred in Northern Ireland, and
c
the person is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in Northern Ireland,
the person commits the domestic abuse offence as if the course of behaviour occurred in Northern Ireland.
2
In this section—
- “country” includes territory,
- “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—
  1. a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,
  2. a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or
  3. a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.
S. 10 in operation at 21.2.2022 by S.R. 2022/57, art. 2(j)