Every individual has a right to be free from harassment and, accordingly, a person must not engage in conduct which amounts to harassment of another and—
is intended to amount to harassment of that person; or
occurs in circumstances where it would appear to a reasonable person that it would amount to harassment of that person.
Subsection (1) only applies where the conduct referred to amounts to domestic abuse.
Subsections (2) to (7) of section 8 apply in relation to subsection (1) as they apply in relation to subsection (1) of that section but with the following modifications––
in subsections (2) and (4), the words "course of" are omitted;
for subsection (3) there is substituted—3For the purposes of this section—"conduct"––may involve behaviour on one or more than one occasion; andincludes—speech; andpresence in any place or area; and"harassment" of a person includes causing the person alarm or distress.; and
in subsection (4)(b), for "pursued" substitute . " engaged in "