The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) is an Act of the

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. It defined the

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s, constituted the current police authorities and set out the relationship between the

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and the

territorial police force A territorial police force is a police service that is responsible for an area defined by sub-national boundaries, distinguished from other police services which deal with the entire country or a type of crime. In countries organized as federation ...

s. It superseded the

Police Act 1964 The Police Act 1964 (c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that updated the legislation governing police forces in England and Wales, constituted new police authorities, gave the Home Secretary new powers to supervise loca ...

and was itself replaced by the

Police Act 1996 The Police Act 1996 (c. 16) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the current police areas in England and Wales, constituted Police Authority, police authorities for those areas, and set out the re ...

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The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994
as amended from the

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The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994
as originally enacted from the

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