Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994

Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about police areas, police forces and police authorities; to make provision for England and Wales about magistrates’ courts committees, justices’ clerks and administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates’ courts; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1994 c. 29
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 1994
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It defined the police areas, constituted the current police authorities and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and the territorial police forces. It superseded the Police Act 1964 and was itself replaced by the Police Act 1996.