76 Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c 9) | Legislation

Domestic abuse

76  Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship

(1)     A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)     A repeatedly or continuously engages in behaviour towards another person (B) that is controlling or coercive,

(b)     at the time of the behaviour, A and B are personally connected [(see subsection (6))],

(c)     the behaviour has a serious effect on B, and

(d)     A knows or ought to know that the behaviour will have a serious effect on B.

(2)     . . .

(3)     But A does not commit an offence under this section if at the time of the behaviour in question—

(a)     A has responsibility for B, for the purposes of Part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (see section 17 of that Act), and

(b)

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