Police and Justice Act (2006)

  Police and Justice Act (2006)

This act aims to create a National Policing Improvement Agency. This agency intends to make arrangements for police forces and police authorities and make arrangements regarding police pension. It also intends to make set rules in terms of police powers and duties of the community support officers. 

The main points of this act are as follows: 

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1.  Establishes the National Policing Improvement Agency.
2. • Grants the home secretary additional powers to intervene over under performing police forces.
3. • Allows the police to demand passenger manifests on domestic flights.
4. • Creates an internal border within Britain: passengers on domestic flights and ferries can be required to carry identity papers. 
5. • Empowers police officers to stop and search individuals and vehicles at airports.
6. • Allows the police to impose electronic tags and curfew restrictions when they grant conditional bail.
7. • Permits the home secretary the authority to widen the list of professions granted the power to issue fixed penalty notices, without seeking further parliamentary approval.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2008/dec/16/police-justice-act

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/48/contents

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