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GBR-2017-L-104518
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Title_of_text
Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-01-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to make provision for collaboration between the emergency services; to make provision about the handling of police complaints and other matters relating to police conduct and to make further provision about the Independent Police Complaints Commission; to make provision for super-complaints about policing; to make provision for the investigation of concerns about policing raised by whistle-blowers; to make provision about police discipline; to make provision about police inspection; to make provision about the powers of police civilian staff and police volunteers; to remove the powers of the police to appoint traffic wardens; to enable provision to be made to alter police ranks; to make provision about the Police Federation; to make provision in connection with the replacement of the Association of Chief Police Officers with the National Police Chiefs’ Council; to make provision about the system for bail after arrest but before charge; to make provision about the retention of biometric material; to make provision to enable greater use of modern technology at police stations; to make other amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; to amend the powers of the police under the Mental Health Act 1983; to extend the powers of the police in relation to maritime enforcement; to make provision for cross-border enforcement; to make provision about the powers of the police to require removal of disguises; to make provision about deputy police and crime commissioners and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; to make provision to enable changes to the names of police areas; to make provision about the regulation of firearms and pyrotechnic articles; to make provision about the licensing of alcohol; to make provision about the implementation and enforcement of financial sanctions; to amend the Police Act 1996 to make further provision about police collaboration; to make provision about the powers of the National Crime Agency; to make provision for requiring arrested persons to provide details of nationality; to make provision for requiring defendants in criminal proceedings to provide details of nationality and other information; to make provision about the seizure etc of invalid travel documents; to make provision for pardons for convictions etc for certain abolished offences; to make provision to protect the anonymity of victims of forced marriage; to increase the maximum sentences of imprisonment for certain offences of putting people in fear of violence etc; to make provision to combat the sexual exploitation of children and to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm; to make provision about coroners’ duties in respect of deaths in state detention; to make provision about the powers of litter authorities in Scotland; and for connected purposes.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1996-05-22 (GBR-1996-L-54791)
Police Act 1996 (c. 16).
Amended text(s)
2002-07-24 (GBR-2002-L-92496)
Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30).
Amended text(s)
1994-11-03 (GBR-1994-L-104505)
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Legislation.gov.uk, National Archives, United Kingdom
URL
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/contents/enacted
File
GBR104518.pdf (PDF)