Section 364: Restraining orders: meaning of “conduct” and “harassment”

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Sentencing Act 2020
- Section 363: Offence of breaching restraining order
- Section 365: Parenting order

Part 11: Behaviour orders — CHAPTER 3: Protection from harassment

For the purposes of this Chapter—

“conduct” includes speech;
“harassment”, in relation to a person, includes—
(a)alarming the person, or
(b)causing the person distress.

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