Domestic Abuse Act 2021

PART 3 N.I. Northern Ireland

Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1180 (N.I. 9)) N.I.

7 N.I. In the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, after Article 6 insert—

“Offences under Article 6 committed outside the United Kingdom N.I.

6A (1) If—

(a) a person's course of conduct consists of or includes conduct in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b) the course of conduct would constitute an offence under Article 6 if it occurred in Northern Ireland, and

(c) the person is a United Kingdom national or is resident in Northern Ireland,

the person is guilty in Northern Ireland of that offence.

(2) In this Article—

• “country” includes territory;

• “United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

  (a)

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

  (b)

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

  (c)

  a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 21.2.2022 by S.R. 2022/52, art. 2(c)

Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)) N.I.

8 N.I. In Article 76 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (offences outside the United Kingdom)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(c), for “Article” substitute “ paragraph ”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(c), for “Article” substitute “ paragraph ”;

(c) in paragraph (10), for “this Article applies” substitute “ paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) apply ”;

(d) after paragraph (10) insert—

“(10A) Paragraphs (1) and (2) also apply to an offence under any provision of Part 2 where the victim of the offence was 18 or over at the time of the offence.”;

(e) in paragraphs (11) and (12), after “paragraph (10)” insert “ or (10A) ”.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 21.2.2022 by S.R. 2022/52, art. 2(c)