Part 1: Definition of "domestic abuse" Section 2: Definition of "personally connected"
This section defines the term "personally connected" for the purposes of the relationship criteria in section 1(2)(a).
	Subsection (1) sets out the different types of relationships which would qualify the abuser and the abused as being "personally connected". Subsection (1)(g) provides that two people are personally connected if they are "relatives". Subsection (3) defines a "relative" by reference to the definition in section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996, namely:
the father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandmother, grandfather, grandson or granddaughter of that person or of that person’s spouse, former spouse, civil partner or former civil partner, or;
the brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or first cousin (whether of the full blood or of the half blood or by marriage or civil partnership) of that person or of that person’s spouse, former spouse, civil partner or former civil partner;
						and includes, in relation to a person who is cohabiting or has cohabited with another person, any person who would fall within paragraph (a) or (b) if the parties were married to each other or were civil partners of each other.