# Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act of the Scottish Parliament to create an offence with respect to the engaging by a person in a course of behaviour which is abusive of the person's partner or ex-partner; and to make rules of criminal procedure for that offence and also for offences subject to the statutory aggravation involving abuse of partners or ex-partners.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 1st February 2018 and received Royal Assent on 9th March 2018

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/5/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018/introduction
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