Police and Justice Act 2006

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

Police and Justice Act 2006[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Citation	2006 c 48
Dates
Royal assent	8 November 2006
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

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.