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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchPolice and Justice Act 2006You are here:2006 c. 48Whole ActTable of ContentsContentExplanatory NotesMore ResourcesPreviousNextPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFCorrection Slip - 29/05/2012View moreStatus:This version of this Act contains provisions that are prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either:where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or;where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Police and Justice Act 2006. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.E+W+S+N.I.Police and Justice Act 20062006 CHAPTER 48An 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.[8th November 2006]Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Part 1 E+W+S+N.I.Police reformProspectiveNational Policing Improvement AgencyE+W+S+N.I.1National Policing Improvement AgencyE+W+S+N.I.(1)There is to be a body corporate to be known as the National Policing Improvement Agency.
Police forces and police authoritiesE+W2Amendments to the Police Act 1996E+WSchedule 2 (which makes amendments to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16)) has effect.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Commencement InformationI1S. 2 partly in force; s. 2 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent see s. 53(1)(2)Prospective3Delegation of police authority functionsE+W(1)Section 107 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (application to police authorities of provisions about discharge of local authority functions) is amended as follows.
Prospective4Police authorities as best value authoritiesE+W(1)In section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27) (authorities that are best value authorities)—
(a)in subsection (1), at the beginning of paragraph (d) there is inserted “ (subject to subsection (8)) ”;
(b)in subsection (4), for “subsection (1)(d)” there is substituted “ this section ”;
(c)in subsection (6), at the beginning of paragraph (c) there is inserted “ (subject to subsection (8)) ”;
ProspectivePolice pension schemesE+W+S+N.I.5Power to merge schemesE+W+S+N.I.Schedule 3 (power to merge police pension schemes) has effect.
ProspectiveStatutory consultation requirementsE+W+N.I.6Consultation with APA and ACPOE+W+N.I.(1)Schedule 4 (which amends provisions requiring consultation with persons representing the interests of police authorities or chief officers of police so that they require consultation with the Association of Police Authorities or the Association of Chief Police Officers) has effect.
(2)If it appears to the Secretary of State that, by reason of a change of name or otherwise—
(a)the interests of police authorities are represented by a body that is not called the Association of Police Authorities, or
(b)the interests of chief officers of police are represented by a body that is not called the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,
he may by order make the appropriate consequential amendments to any statutory provision (including this subsection) containing a reference to the association in question.
(3)In subsection (2) “statutory provision” means provision contained in, or in any instrument made under, any Act.
ProspectiveCommunity support officers etcE+W7Standard powers and duties of community support officersE+W(1)In section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) (police powers for police authority employees), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“38AStandard powers and duties of community support officers(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide for provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to apply to every person who under section 38 is designated as a community support officer.
8Community support officers: power to deal with truantsE+WIn Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (exercise of police powers etc by civilians), after paragraph 4B there is inserted—
“Power to remove truants to designated premises etc.4CWhere a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that person shall—
9Exercise of police powers by civiliansE+WSchedule 5, which—
Prospective Part 2 E+W+N.I.Powers of police etcPolice powersE+W10Police bailE+WSchedule 6, which amends provisions in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) that relate to bail—
11Power to detain pending DPP's decision about chargingE+WIn section 37 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (duties of custody officer before charge), in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) (officer's duties when he determines that there is sufficient evidence to charge), for “shall be released without charge and on bail for the purpose” there is substituted “shall be— (i)released without charge and on bail, or
12Power to stop and search at aerodromesE+WIn Part 3 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36) (policing of airports), before section 25 there is inserted—
“Power to stop and search at aerodromesE+W24BPower of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, a constable may search—
Information from registers of deathE+W+N.I.13Supply of information to police etc by Registrar GeneralE+W+N.I.(1)The Registrar General for England and Wales or the Registrar General for Northern Ireland may supply information contained in any register of deaths kept by him—
Travel and freight informationE+W14Information-gathering powers: extension to domestic flights and voyagesE+W(1)The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13) is amended as follows.
(3)In each of section 32(5) (interpretation of section) and section 33(5) (police powers to gather information about freight entering or leaving the United Kingdom: interpretation of section), after paragraph (c) there is inserted “, and (d)“ship” includes—
(4)In section 36 (duty to share travel and freight information), in subsection (9) (interpretation of section), after the definition of “Revenue and Customs purposes” there is inserted “, and “ship” includes—
Fixed penalty noticesE+W15Accreditation of weights and measures inspectorsE+W(1)After section 41 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) there is inserted—
“41AAccreditation of weights and measures inspectors(1)The chief officer of police of any police force may, on the making of an application for the purpose by such person and in such manner as he may require, grant accreditation under this section to a weights and measures inspector.
16Power to apply accreditation provisionsE+WAfter section 41A of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) (inserted by section 15 above) there is inserted—
“41BPower to apply accreditation provisions(1)The Secretary of State may by order provide for section 41A and any other provision of this Chapter relating to accredited inspectors to apply (with or without modification) in relation to persons of a description specified in the order.
Conditional cautionsE+W17Conditional cautions: types of conditionE+W(1)Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (conditional cautions) is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (4).
“23AFinancial penalties(1)A condition that the offender pay a financial penalty (a “financial penalty condition”) may not be attached to a conditional caution given in respect of an offence unless the offence is one that is prescribed, or of a description prescribed, in an order made by the Secretary of State.
18Arrest for failing to comply with conditional cautionE+W(1)In Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (conditional cautions), after section 24 there is inserted—
“24AArrest for failure to comply(1)If a constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the offender has failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any of the conditions attached to the conditional caution, he may arrest him without warrant.
24BApplication of PACE provisions(1)In the case of a person arrested under section 24A, the provisions of the 1984 Act specified in subsection (2) apply, with the modifications specified in subsection (3) and with such further modifications as are necessary, as they apply in the case of a person arrested for an offence.
Prospective Part 3 E+WCrime and anti-social behaviourCrime and disorderE+W19Local authority scrutiny of crime and disorder mattersE+W(1)Every local authority shall ensure that it has a committee (the “crime and disorder committee”) with power—
20Guidance and regulations regarding crime and disorder mattersE+W(1)The Secretary of State may issue guidance to—
(a)local authorities in England,
(b)members of those authorities, and
(c)crime and disorder committees of those authorities,
with regard to the exercise of their functions under section 19.
(2)The National Assembly for Wales, after consulting the Secretary of State, may issue guidance to—
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision supplementing that made by section 19 in relation to local authorities in England.
(4)The Secretary of State, after consulting the National Assembly for Wales, may by regulations make provision supplementing that made by section 19 in relation to local authorities in Wales.
(5)Regulations under subsection (3) or (4) may in particular make provision—
(a)as to the co-opting of additional members to serve on the crime and disorder committee of a local authority;
(b)as to the frequency with which the power mentioned in section 19(1)(a) is to be exercised;
(c)requiring information to be provided to the crime and disorder committee by the responsible authorities and the co-operating persons and bodies;
(d)imposing restrictions on the provision of information to the crime and disorder committee by the responsible authorities and the co-operating persons and bodies;
(e)requiring officers or employees of the responsible authorities and the co-operating persons and bodies to attend before the crime and disorder committee to answer questions;
(f)specifying how a person is to refer a matter to a member of a local authority, or to the executive of a local authority, under section 19(3) or (4);
(g)specifying the periods within which—
(i)a member of a local authority is to deal with a request under section 19(3);
(ii)the executive of a local authority is to deal with a matter referred under section 19(4);
(iii)the crime and disorder committee is to deal with a matter referred as mentioned in section 19(6);
(iv)the responsible authorities and the co-operating persons and bodies are to consider and respond to a report or recommendations made under or by virtue of section 19.
(6)Regulations made by virtue of subsection (5)(a) may provide for a person co-opted to serve as a member of a crime and disorder committee to have the same entitlement to vote as any other member.
(7)In this section “local authority”, “crime and disorder committee”, “responsible authorities” and “co-operating persons and bodies” have the same meaning as in section 19.
21Joint crime and disorder committeesE+WIn section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (authorities responsible for crime and disorder strategies), after subsection (1B) there is inserted—
“(1C)An order under subsection (1A) above—