PART 5

Protection of children and others

Strangulation or suffocation

Offences under section 75A committed outside the United Kingdom
75B
1
If—
a
a person does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom,
b
the act, if done in England and Wales, would constitute an offence under section 75A, and
c
the person is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in England and Wales,
the person is guilty in England and Wales of that offence.
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.
Ss. 75A, 75B and cross-heading inserted (E.W.) (7.6.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), ss. 70(1), 90(6); S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(a)