Domestic Abuse Act 2021
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2 Definition of “personally connected”
(1) For the purposes of this Act, two people are “personally connected” to each other if any of the following applies— (a) they are, or have been, married to each other; (b) they are, or have been, civil partners of each other; (c) they have agreed to marry one another (whether or not the agreement has been terminated); (d) they have entered into a civil partnership agreement (whether or not the agreement has been terminated); (e) they are, or have been, in an intimate personal relationship with each other; (f) they each have, or there has been a time when they each have had, a parental relationship in relation to the same child (see subsection (2)); (g) they are relatives. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(f) a person has a parental relationship in relation to a child if— (a) the person is a parent of the child, or (b) the person has parental responsibility for the child. (3) In this section— “child” means a person under the age of 18 years; “civil partnership agreement” has the meaning given by section 73 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989 (see section 3 of that Act); “relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996.
2 Definition of “personally connected”
(1) For the purposes of this Act, two people are “personally connected” to each other if any of the following applies— (a) they are, or have been, married to each other; (b) they are, or have been, civil partners of each other; (c) they have agreed to marry one another (whether or not the agreement has been terminated); (d) they have entered into a civil partnership agreement (whether or not the agreement has been terminated); (e) they are, or have been, in an intimate personal relationship with each other; (f) they each have, or there has been a time when they each have had, a parental relationship in relation to the same child (see subsection (2)); (g) they are relatives. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(f) a person has a parental relationship in relation to a child if— (a) the person is a parent of the child, or (b) the person has parental responsibility for the child. (3) In this section— “child” means a person under the age of 18 years; “civil partnership agreement” has the meaning given by section 73 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989 (see section 3 of that Act); “relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996.
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