Special Constables Act 1831
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Long titleAn Act for amending the Laws relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Preservation of the Peace.
Citation1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41
Territorial extentEngland and Wales[b]
Royal assent15 October 1831
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for amending the Laws relative to the Appointment of Special Constables, and for the better Preservation of the Peace. |
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| Citation | 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 15 October 1831 |
| Commencement | 15 October 1831[c] |
| Repealed | 1 April 1965 |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Police Act 1964 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Special Constables Act 1831[a] (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 41) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given royal assent on 15 October 1831.[1]
It provided a long-term framework for the use, appointment and operation of special constables in England and Wales. It is often seen as the foundation date for the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, the special constabulary attached to the Metropolitan Police, which had itself been founded only two years earlier.
The whole act was repealed by section 64(3) of, and schedule 10 to, the Police Act 1964, which came into force on 1 April 1965.[2]
