{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2021/16",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Persons to whom domestic abuse protection notices and orders may relate",
  "text": "(1) A domestic abuse protection notice (see section 5) or domestic abuse protection order (see section 9) may be made—\n(a) in relation to a person (“person A”) who is aged 18 or over,\n(b) for the purpose of protecting a person (“person B”)—\n(i) aged 16 or over who is the partner or ex-partner of person A, and\n(ii) with whom person A lives some or all of the time,\nfrom abusive behaviour by person A.\n(2) Person A and person B are partners if they are—\n(a) spouses or civil partners of each other, or\n(b) in an intimate personal relationship with each other.\n(3) Whether person A and person B are “ex-partners” is to be determined accordingly.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii), the reference to person A living with person B is a reference to those persons living, at the same time, in any place where either person A or person B lives to any extent.\n(5) References in this Part to person A and person B are to be construed in accordance with this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/16/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:29.724850+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}