Admiralty Powers, &c. Act 1865
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for consolidating certain Enactments relating to the Admiralty. |
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| Citation | 28 & 29 Vict. c. 124 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 July 1865 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1866[b] |
| Repealed | 21 May 1981 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Admiralty Powers, &c. Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 124) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1865.[1] It gained royal assent on 6 July 1865.
It made the admiral-superintendent of every dockyard a justice of the peace regardless of location with respect to specific offences, and of all matters relating to Her Majesty's Naval Service and her supply.
This gave them the authority to hear cases brought before him by the dockyard police (which were then the dockyard divisions of the Metropolitan Police). The rest of the act dealt with punishments for forgery and impersonation of naval seamen (sections 6 to 9) and clarified issues over the Board of Admiralty's involvement in legal actions (sections 1–4). The final sections set up a reporting system for Orders in Council relating to the act (section 11), set 1 January 1866 as the latest date for the act to come into effect (Section 10) and specified the act's short title (section 12).
