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Police and Justice Act 2006

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Citation
  
2006 c 48

Royal assent
  
8 November 2006

Police and Justice Act 2006

Long title
  
An Act to establish a National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about police forces and police authorities and about police pensions; to make provision about police powers and about the powers and duties of community support officers, weights and measures inspectors and others; to make provision about the supply to the police and others of information contained in registers of death; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make further provision about certain inspectorates; to amend Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; to amend the Computer Misuse Act 1990; to make provision about the forfeiture of indecent images of children; to provide for the conferring of functions on the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the exercise of enforcement functions by officials involved with immigration and asylum; to amend the Extradition Act 2003; to make further provision about the use of live links in criminal proceedings; and for connected purposes.

The Police and Justice Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As at August 2007 many of the provisions are not yet in force. The majority of the Act extends only to England and Wales

Contents

Provisions of the Act include:

Part 1: Mainly about police forces

  • police reform
  • establishment of a National Policing Improvement Agency which will replace the Central Police Training and Development Authority and the Police Information Technology Organisation
  • amends the Police Reform Act 2002 in relation to the powers of Community Support Officers.

    • Part 2: Mainly about justice

  • amends the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in relation to "Police Bail."
  • amends the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relating to "Conditional Cautioning."

    • Part 3: Mainly about anti-social behaviour

  • further provision about anti-social behaviour
  • every Local Authority is to have a "Crime and Disorder Committee."
  • "Parenting Contracts"
  • Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (Part 3) amended.

    • Part 4: Addresses various Inspectorates

  • amends the various Acts which address the powers of the Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons; Inspectors of Constabulary; the Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service; the Inspectorate of the National Probation Service and the Inspector of Court Administration.

    • Part 5: Miscellaneous Section

  • amends an Order in Council made under powers in the Extradition Act 2003
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 amended with the creation of certain offences including unauthorised acts with intent to impair the operation of a computer.
  • further provision relating to forfeiture of indecent photographs of children
  • Protection of Children Act 1978 amended.

    • Section 53 - Commencement

    The following orders have been made under this section:

  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3364 (C.123))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No.1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/29 (C.1))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/709 (C.30))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1614 (C.65))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2754 (C.107))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3073 (C.122))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3203 (C.132))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7 and Savings Provision) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/311 (C.11))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/790 (C.37))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2503 (C.107))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2785 (C.123))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1679 (C.87))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2774 (C.120))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 13) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/414 (C.29))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/936 (C.57))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2052 (C.77))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3251 (W.286))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2540 (W.204) (C.106))
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/434 (C.35))

    • Extent

    Section 54(1) limits the extent of Parts 1 to 5 of the Act to England and Wales only, except for those matters listed in the rest of s.54 .

    References

    Police and Justice Act 2006 Wikipedia
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