SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Amendments relating to offences committed outside the UK

PART 1England and Wales

Serious Crime Act 2015

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In the Serious Crime Act 2015, after section 76 (controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship) insert—

76AOffences under section 76 committed outside the United Kingdom

1

If—

a

a person's behaviour consists of or includes behaviour in a country outside the United Kingdom,

b

the behaviour would constitute an offence under section 76 if it occurred in England and Wales, 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

      a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

    2. b

      a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject, or

    3. c

      a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.