The Police and Justice Act 2006 (PJA) is an act of the

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. It received

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on 8 November 2006. The PJA created the

National Policing Improvement Agency The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom, established to support police by providing expertise in such areas as information technology, information sharing, and recruitment. It was ...

. It changed how members of police authorities may be appointed and altered their duties. It increased police officers' powers to impose

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conditions when releasing a suspect. Along with the

Serious Crime Act 2007 The Serious Crime Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes several radical changes to English criminal law. In particular, it creates a new scheme of serious crime prevention orders to frustrate crime in England a ...

, the PJA also updated the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which was regarded as outdated when the two statutes were passed. Pursuant to the PJA, the scope of the Computer Misuse Act was extended to deal with

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The Police and Justice Act 2006
as amended from the National Archives.
The Police and Justice Act 2006
as originally enacted from the National Archives.
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