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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 those who hold the office of police constable of a territorial police force .
National law enforcement bodies, including the National Crime Agency and national police forces that have a specific, non-regional jurisdiction, such as the British Transport Police. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 refers to these as ' special police forces ', not including the NCA which is not a police force.
Day to day, common law features greatly in relation to use of force (self defence & defence of others) and a number of other areas. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is a key piece of legislation in relation to policing which was amended by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 , significantly, in relation to powers of arrest.
An Act to make provision for and about the interception of communications, the acquisition and disclosure of data relating to communications, the carrying out of surveillance, the use of covert human intelligence sources and the acquisition of the means by which electronic data protected by encryption or passwords may be decrypted or accessed; to provide for Commissioners and a tribunal with ...
While not firearms, incapacitant sprays are subject to some of the same rules and regulations as a projectile firing firearm under Section 5 (b) of the Firearms Act 1968. [ 1 ] Since 2004, police forces have issued Tasers to Authorised Firearms Officers for use against armed assailants which are considered by the authorities to be a less-lethal ...
Regulations under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, as to claims for compensation. (SR&O 1921/1536) Celluloid (Manufacture etc.) Regulations 1921 (SR&O 1921/1825) Aerated Waters Regulations 1921 (SR&O 1921/1932) Hollow-ware and Galvanising Welfare Order 1921 (SR&O 1921/2032) Hides and Skins Regulations 1921 (SR&O 1921/2076)
In April 2018 the High Court of Justice ruled that the Investigatory Powers Act violates EU law. [5] [68] The government had until 1 November 2018 to amend the legislation. [69] On 31 October 2018 The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 [70] came into force to address this ruling. These regulations increased the threshold for ...
Border Force (BF) is a British law enforcement command within the Home Office, [1] responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom. The force was part of the now defunct UK Border Agency from its establishment in 2008 until Home Secretary Theresa May demerged it in March 2012 after severe ...