Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Citation | 2021 NI c 2 |
| Year | 2021 |
A engages in a course of behaviour that is abusive of another person (“B”) ,A and B are personally connected to each other at the time, andboth of the further conditions are met.that a reasonable person would consider the course of behaviour to be likely to cause B to suffer physical or psychological harm, andintends the course of behaviour to cause B to suffer physical or psychological harm, oris reckless as to whether the course of behaviour causes B to suffer physical or psychological harm.(3) The references in this section to psychological harm include fear, alarm and distress.(4) The offence under this section is to be known as the domestic abuse offence.(1) This section contains provision for determining for the purposes of this Chapter when behaviour of a person (“A”) is abusive of another person (“B”) .behaviour directed at B that is violent,behaviour directed at B that is threatening,has as its purpose (or among its purposes) one or more of the relevant effects, orwould be considered by a reasonable person to be likely to have one or more of the relevant effects.making B dependent on, or subordinate to, A,isolating B from friends, family members or other sources of social interaction or support,controlling, regulating or monitoring B's day-to-day activities,depriving B of, or restricting B's, freedom of action,making B feel frightened, humiliated, degraded, punished or intimidated.the reference in paragraph (a) to violent behaviour includes both sexual violence and physical violence,in paragraph (c) , “child” means a person under 18 years of age.(5) None of the paragraphs of subsection (2) or (as the case may be) (3) is to be taken to limit the meaning of any of the other paragraphs of that subsection.(1) The domestic abuse offence can be committed whether or not A's behaviour actually causes B to suffer harm of the sort referred to in section 1(2) .(2) A's behaviour can be abusive of B by virtue of section 2(2) (c) whether or not A's behaviour actually has one or more of the relevant effects set out in section 2(3) .harm actually suffered by B as a result of A's behaviour,effects which A's behaviour actually had on B.(4) In this section, “A” and “B” are as referred to in section 1 or (as the case may be) 2.(1) This section has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.saying or otherwise communicating something as well as doing something,to do something, orto say or otherwise communicate something.conduct relating to the person's ability to acquire, use or maintain money or other property or the person's ability to obtain goods or services, orother conduct concerning or towards property, orby making use of a third party,(4) A course of behaviour involves behaviour on at least two occasions.(1) This section has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.
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