The Police Rate Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 67) was an act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1868 and granted royal assent on 31 July that year.[1]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Law relating to the Funds provided for defraying the Expenses of the Metropolitan Police.[1] |
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| Citation | 31 & 32 Vict. c. 67 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1868 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Metropolitan Police Act 1912 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend section twenty three of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 with respect to the Limit imposed by that section as amended by subsequent enactments on the Amount to be provided annually for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police.[2] |
| Citation | 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 4 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 March 1912 |
| Metropolitan Police Act 1918 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend section twenty three of the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 with respect to the Limit imposed by that section as amended by subsequent enactments on the Amount to be provided annually for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police.[3] |
| Citation | 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 61 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 February 1918 |
Details
editThe act raised the rates for funding the Metropolitan Police from 8 to 9 pence in the pound on the full annual value of all rateable property in parishes covered by the Metropolitan Police District and set an annual housing allowance of £300 for each of the two Assistant Commissioners out of the Met's budget, along with repealing the whole of the Metropolitan Police Act 1833 and Section 10 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1857.[1] That limit and that in Section 23 of original Metropolitan Police Act was raised to eleven pence in the pound by the Metropolitan Police Act 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 4) and to thirteen pence in the pound from 1918 to the end of the next financial year after the end of the First World War by the Metropolitan Police Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 61).
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 31 & 32 Victoria 1867-68, pages 284-285". 1868.
- ^ "The Public General Statutes PASSED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH 1912, pages 24 to 25". 1913.
- ^ "The Public General Statutes PASSED IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH YEARS OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH 1917 18 , page 212". 1918.
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