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Section 4B: Offences under sections 4 and 4A committed outside the United Kingdom

Protection from Harassment Act 1997 · 1997 c. 40View on legislation.gov.uk

If—

a person's course of conduct consists of or includes conduct in a country outside the United Kingdom,
the course of conduct would constitute an offence under section 4 or 4A if it occurred in England and Wales, and
the person is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in England and Wales,

the person is guilty in England and Wales of that offence.

In this section—

  • "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.

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