| Short Title: | Depredations on the Thames Act 1800 |
| Type: | Act |
| 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. |
| Year: | 1800 |
| Citation: | 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 87 |
| Royal Assent: | 28 July 1800 |
| Expiry Date: | 25 March 1807 |
| Repeal Date: | 21 August 1871 |
| Amends: | Thefts upon the Thames Act 1762 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1871 |
| Status: | Repealed |
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.
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]
| Short Title: | Depredations on the Thames Act 1807 |
| Type: | Act |
| 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. |
| Year: | 1807 |
| Citation: | 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 37 |
| Royal Assent: | 25 March 1807 |
| Expiry Date: | 25 March 1814 |
| Repeal Date: | 10 August 1872 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (No. 2) |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Collapsed: | yes |
| Short Title: | Depredations on the Thames Act 1814 |
| Type: | Act |
| 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. |
| Year: | 1814 |
| Citation: | 54 Geo. 3. c. 187 |
| Royal Assent: | 30 July 1814 |
| Expiry Date: | 1 June 1820 |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Collapsed: | yes |
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.