# Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, Section 1: Persons to whom domestic abuse protection notices and orders may relate

Status: prospective

(1) A domestic abuse protection notice (see section 5) or domestic abuse protection order (see section 9) may be made—
(a) in relation to a person (“person A”) who is aged 18 or over,
(b) for the purpose of protecting a person (“person B”)—
(i) aged 16 or over who is the partner or ex-partner of person A, and
(ii) with whom person A lives some or all of the time,
from abusive behaviour by person A.
(2) Person A and person B are partners if they are—
(a) spouses or civil partners of each other, or
(b) in an intimate personal relationship with each other.
(3) Whether person A and person B are “ex-partners” is to be determined accordingly.
(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.
(5) References in this Part to person A and person B are to be construed in accordance with this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/16/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021/section-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.