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Section 75B Offences under section 75A committed outside the United Kingdom

England and Wales

(1)

F1If—

(a)

a person does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b)

the act, if done in England and Wales, would constitute an offence under section 75A, 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 British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

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

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 75A, 75B and cross-heading inserted (E.W.) (7.6.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), ss. 70(1), 90(6); S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(a)