Police and Justice Act 2006

The Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48) (PJA) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received royal assent on 8 November 2006.^[1] The PJA created the National Policing Improvement Agency.^[2] It changed how members of police authorities may be appointed and altered their duties.^[3][4][5] It increased police officers' powers to impose bail conditions when releasing a suspect.^[6] Along with the Serious Crime Act 2007, the PJA also updated the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which was regarded as outdated when the two statutes were passed.^[7] Pursuant to the PJA, the scope of the Computer Misuse Act was extended to deal with denial-of-service attacks.^[8]

Police and Justice Act 2006

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to establish a National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about police forces and police authorities and about police pensions; to make provision about police powers and about the powers and duties of community support officers, weights and measures inspectors and others; to make provision about the supply to the police and others of information contained in registers of death; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make further provision about certain inspectorates; to amend Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; to amend the Computer Misuse Act 1990; to make provision about the forfeiture of indecent images of children; to provide for the conferring of functions on the Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to the exercise of enforcement functions by officials involved with immigration and asylum; to amend the Extradition Act 2003; to make further provision about the use of live links in criminal proceedings; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2006 c. 48
Dates
Royal assent	8 November 2006
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

See also

• Police Act