Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis. |
---|---|
Citation | 10 Geo. 4. c. 44 |
Introduced by | Robert Peel |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 19 June 1829 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (
10 Geo. 4. c. 44) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by
Sir Robert Peel, which established the
Metropolitan Police. This was to be responsible for policing the newly created
Metropolitan Police District, which consisted of the
City of Westminster and parts of
Middlesex,
Surrey, and
Kent, within seven miles of
Charing Cross, apart from the
City of London. It replaced a previously more diverse system of
parish constables and
watchmen. It is one of the
Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895.
[b]
The Act was the enabling legislation for what is often considered to be the first modern police force, the "bobbies" or "peelers" (after Peel), which later served as the model for modern urban policing throughout Britain. Until the passage of the Act, the Statute of Winchester of 1285 was cited as the primary legislation regulating the policing of the country since the Norman Conquest. [1]
The Statute of Winchester was the only general public measure of any consequence enacted to regulate the policing of the country between the Norman Conquest and the Metropolitan Police Act, 1829…
Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis. |
---|---|
Citation | 10 Geo. 4. c. 44 |
Introduced by | Robert Peel |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 19 June 1829 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Text of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (
10 Geo. 4. c. 44) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by
Sir Robert Peel, which established the
Metropolitan Police. This was to be responsible for policing the newly created
Metropolitan Police District, which consisted of the
City of Westminster and parts of
Middlesex,
Surrey, and
Kent, within seven miles of
Charing Cross, apart from the
City of London. It replaced a previously more diverse system of
parish constables and
watchmen. It is one of the
Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895.
[b]
The Act was the enabling legislation for what is often considered to be the first modern police force, the "bobbies" or "peelers" (after Peel), which later served as the model for modern urban policing throughout Britain. Until the passage of the Act, the Statute of Winchester of 1285 was cited as the primary legislation regulating the policing of the country since the Norman Conquest. [1]
The Statute of Winchester was the only general public measure of any consequence enacted to regulate the policing of the country between the Norman Conquest and the Metropolitan Police Act, 1829…