8 Harassment
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (1997 c 40) | Legislation

Scotland

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(1)     Every individual has a right to be free from harassment and, accordingly, a person must not pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of another and—

(a)     is intended to amount to harassment of that person; or

(b)     occurs in circumstances where it would appear to a reasonable person that it would amount to harassment of that person.

[(1A)     Subsection (1) is subject to section 8A.]

(2)     An actual or apprehended breach of subsection (1) may be the subject of a claim in civil proceedings by the person who is

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