s 83 Tort of intimate image abuse
83.—(1) A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes intimate image abuse. (2) If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the intimate image abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X. (3) In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —(a) that X’s conduct was reasonable; (b) that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the intimate image or recording; or (c) that X did not know and had no reason to suspect that the material that X had communicated was an intimate image or recording. (4) In this section —“intimate image or recording” has the meaning given by section 13(2); “victim”, in relation to intimate image abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 13(1).