The Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 No. 1180 (NI. 9)

[F1 Offences under Article 6 committed outside the United Kingdom N.I.

6A— (1) If—

(a) a person's course of conduct consists of or includes conduct in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b) the course of conduct would constitute an offence under Article 6 if it occurred in Northern Ireland, and

(c) the person is a United Kingdom national or is resident in Northern Ireland,

the person is guilty in Northern Ireland of that offence.

(2) In this Article—

“country” includes territory;

“United Kingdom national” means an individual who is—

(a)

a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,

(b)

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

(c)

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

F1 Art. 6A inserted (21.2.2022) by Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (c. 17), s. 90(6), Sch. 3 para. 7; S.R. 2022/52, art. 2(c)