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Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
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Created a specific offence of domestic abuse for the first time in Scotland, explicitly covering coercive and controlling behaviour — pre-dating the equivalent England/Wales legislation by three years. Scottish Women's Aid drove the campaign over a decade.
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