Special Constables Act 1831
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for amending the Laws relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Preservation of the Peace. |
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| Citation | 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 October 1831 |
| Commencement | 15 October 1831[c] |
| Repealed | 1 April 1965[d] |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Police Act 1964 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Special Constables Act 1831[a] (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given royal assent on 15 October 1831.[1]
It provided a long-term framework for the use, appointment and operation of special constables in England and Wales. It is often seen as the foundation date for the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, the special constabulary attached to the Metropolitan Police, which had itself been founded only two years earlier.
Subsequent developments
Section 19 of the act was repealed by section 2 of, and the schedule to, the Public Authorities Protection Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which came into force on 1 January 1894.[2]
The whole act was repealed by section 64(3) of, and part I of schedule 10 to, the Police Act 1964, which came into force on 1 April 1965.[3]
See also
Notes
- 1 2 The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ↑ Section 21.
- ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
- ↑ The Police Act 1964 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1964.
References
- ↑ Britain, Great; Evans, William David (1836). "A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the Law: Arranged According to the Order of Subjects, with Notes (1836), Volume 10, pages 976-981".
- ↑ "Public Authorities Protection Act 1893", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/56-57 c. 61
- ↑ "Police Act 1964", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1964 c. 48