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Offences under section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967; Offences under 106 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980; Offences under section 11(1) of the European Communities Act 1972; Escape; Permitting an escape; Assisting a prisoner to escape, contrary to section 39 of the Prison Act 1952; Breach of prison/breaking prison; Rescue/rescuing a ...
The PNLD (Police National Legal Database) is a British online police information resource of criminal justice legislation accessible online. The organisation is managed by the West Yorkshire Police and its database contains Acts of Parliament, Common Law, Regulations, Orders and Byelaws, Case Summaries and the National Standard Offence Wordings and Codes that are used in the court system of ...
Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [ nb 1 ] Most law enforcement duties are carried out by police constables of a territorial police force .
any enactment contained in sections 6, 7, 8 or 10 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (offences relating to entering and remaining on property), section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 (fear or provocation of violence), section 4 (driving etc. when under influence of drink or drugs) or section 163 (failure to stop for police) of the Road Traffic Act 1988,
English criminal law concerns offences, their prevention and the consequences, in England and Wales. Criminal conduct is considered to be a wrong against the whole of a community, rather than just the private individuals affected.
All criminal cases start in the magistrates' court and over 95 per cent of them will end there – only the most serious offences go to Crown Court. [5] Summary offences are the least serious criminal offences. They include driving offences, vandalism, criminal damage of low value, low-level violent offences and being drunk and disorderly.
Long title: An Act to make further provision in relation to the powers and duties of the police, persons in police detention, criminal evidence, police discipline and complaints against the police; to provide for arrangements for obtaining the views of the community on policing and for a rank of deputy chief constable; to amend the law relating to the Police Federations and Police Forces and ...
s271(3): A person is liable to arrest and detention under this section if the person is in the act of committing, or has just committed an indictable offence; or theft (whether the theft is a summary or indictable offence); or an offence against the person (whether the offence is summary or indictable); or an offence involving interference with ...