PART 1Domestic abuse: offence and aggravation
CHAPTER 1Offence of domestic abuse
Personal connection
5Meaning of personal connection
1
This section has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.
2
Two people (“A” and “B”) are personally connected to each other if any of these applies—
a
they are, or have been, married to each other,
b
they are, or have been, civil partners of each other,
c
they are living together, or have lived together, as if spouses of each other,
d
they are, or have been, otherwise in an intimate personal relationship with each other, or
e
they are members of the same family.
3
They are members of the same family—
a
if B is A’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister, or
b
if—
i
one of them is in a relevant relationship with someone else (“C”), and
ii
the other of them is C’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister.
4
One person is in a relevant relationship with someone else if—
a
they are married to, or are civil partners of, each other, or
b
they are living together as if spouses of each other.
5
In determining family membership—
a
a relationship of the half blood or by affinity is to be treated as a relationship of the whole blood, and
b
a stepchild of a person is to be treated as the person’s child.