Police Act 1890
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Police Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 45) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom setting up a system of police pensions.[1]
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| Long title | An Act to make provision respecting the Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities of Police Constables in England and Wales, and their Widows and Children, and to make other provisions respecting the Police of England and Wales. |
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| Citation | 53 & 54 Vict. c. 45 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 August 1890 |
| Commencement | 1 April 1891[c] |
| Repealed | 1 August 1964[d] |
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| Amends | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Police Act 1964 |
| Relates to | Police (Scotland) Act 1890 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Police (Scotland) Act 1890[e] | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision respecting the Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities of Police Constables in Scotland, and their Widows and Children, and to make other provisions respecting the Police of Scotland. |
| Citation | 53 & 54 Vict. c. 67 |
| Territorial extent | Scotland[f] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 August 1890 |
| Commencement | 1 April 1891[g] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1957 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Police (Scotland) Act 1956 |
Status: Repealed | |
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A similar system for Scottish forces was established by the Police (Scotland) Act 1890[h][i] (53 & 54 Vict. c. 67).[2]
Only a system of discretionary pensions for injury had previously existed.[3] The acts set a requirement of at least 25 years' service, reduced to 15 (England and Wales) or 20 (Scotland) years for retirement due to "infirmity of mind or body" and waived for retirement due to injury in the line of duty.[1][2] They also established discretionary gratuities for retirement due to infirmity.
They also covered widows' pensions and children's allowances for officers dying whilst still in service "from the effect of an injury received in the execution of his duty". It also instituted similar widows' and children's allowances if an officer died from any other cause whilst still in service and widows' and children's pensions and gratuities if he died less than a year after retiring due to injury, though unlike the pensions for injury these were all at the discretion of individual police forces.
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 64(3) of, and part I of schedule 10 to, the Police Act 1964, which came into force on 1 August 1964.[4]
Notes
- Section 38(1).
- Sections 39 and 40.
- Section 37.
- Section 34.
- Section 35.
- Section 33.
- Its full title was An Act to make provision respecting the Pensions, Allowances, and Gratuities of Police Constables in Scotland, and their Widows and Children, and to make other provisions respecting the Police of Scotland.
- Granted royal assent on 18 August 1890.
