Depredations on the Thames Act 1800

The act 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 87,^[1] sometimes called the Thames Police Act 1800,^[2] the Thames River Police Act 1800,^[3] the Marine Police Act^[4] or the Depredations on the Thames Act 1800,^[5] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, granted royal assent on 28 July 1800.^[6] As alluded to in its long title, it amended the Thefts upon the Thames Act 1762.

Depredations on the Thames Act 1800

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames, and in its Vicinity; and to amend an Act made in the second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, to prevent the committing of Thefts and Frauds by Persons navigating Bum Boats, and other Boats upon the River Thames.
Citation	39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 87
Dates
Royal assent	28 July 1800
Expired	25 March 1807
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Thefts upon the Thames Act 1762
Amended by	Depredations on the Thames Act 1807 Depredations on the Thames Act 1814 Police Magistrates Metropolitan Act 1822 Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Established two years earlier, the Marine Police Force was initially run and funded by the West Indies merchants whose cargoes in the Pool of London it was principally intended to protect. The Act converted it to a publicly-run and publicly funded body, increased its establishment to 88 men and set out regulations for how they were now to operate under the Home Secretary's direct supervision, thus laying the groundwork for the Force's absorption into the Metropolitan Police in 1839.^[7]

Depredations on the Thames Act 1807
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to continue, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and amend an Act, made in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Year of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames and its Vicinity; and to amend an Act made in the Second Year of His present Majesty, to prevent the committing of Thefts and Frauds by Persons navigating Bum Boats, and other Boats, upon the River Thames.
Citation	47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 37
Dates
Royal assent	25 March 1807
Expired	25 March 1814
Repealed	10 August 1872
Other legislation
Amends	Depredations on the Thames Act 1800
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

Depredations on the Thames Act 1814
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to revive and continue, until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty and to amend several Acts for the more effectual Prevention of Depredations on the River Thames, and its Vicinity.
Citation	54 Geo. 3. c. 187
Dates
Royal assent	30 July 1814
Expired	1 June 1820
Other legislation
Amends	Depredations on the Thames Act 1800
Repealed by	Police Magistrates, Metropolitan Act 1821
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The act was amended and renewed by the Depredations on the Thames Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 37),^[8] the Depredations on the Thames Act 1814 (54 Geo. 3. c. 187),^[9] the Police Magistrates Metropolitan Act 1822 (1 Geo. 4. c. 66),^[10] the Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19)^[11] and finally the Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37).^[12] The Marine Police were finally absorbed into the Metropolitan Police via the Metropolitan Police Act 1839.