Police Act 1919 Explained

Short Title:	Police Act 1919^[1]
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to amend the Law relating to the Police in Great Britain.
Year:	1919
Statute Book Chapter:	9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46
Territorial Extent:	Did not extend to Ireland^[2]
Royal Assent:	15 August 1919
Repeal Date:	1 April 1965^[3]
Repealing Legislation:	Police Act 1964, s 64(3) & Sch 10, Pt II
Status:	Repealed

The Police Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which set up an alternative dispute resolution system within UK labour law for collective disputes involving members of staff in the police force. The current rules are now found under the Police Act 1996. Following the British police strikes in 1918 and 1919, the government decided that it was a threat to the public to allow strikes among the police force to take place. The Police Act 1919 prohibited police from joining a trade union that could take strike action protected by the Trade Disputes Act 1906, and provided an alternative in the Police Federation of England and Wales. A substitute for strikes was binding arbitration to resolve collective disputes.

See also

• United Kingdom labour law
• Police Act 1996

Sources

• "The Police Act, 1919". Halsbury's Statutes of England. (The Complete Statutes of England). Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1930. Volume 12: https://books.google.com/books?id=jotQAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=gj1LAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZ0aAQAAMAAJ. Page 867 et seq.
• Roland Burrows (ed). "The Police Act, 1919". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1950. Volume 18. Page 122 et seq.
• "Police Act, 1919". Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1920. Volume 20. Part I. Sixth Edition, Ninth Annual Continuation Volume. Page 353 et seq.
• W de Bracy Herbert (ed). "Police Act, 1919". The Practical Statutes of the Session 1919. The Field Press Ltd. Windsor House, Bream's Buildings, London. 1920. Page 176 et seq. Google
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• Slesser and Baker. Trade Union Law. Nisbet & Co. Second Edition. 1926. Page 277. Third Edition. Reprinted. 1978. Pages 171 and 343.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 15(1) of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. The Police Act 1919, section 15(2)
3. SI 1964/873 (C 9), Appendix B to Schedule 3; SI 1964/874 (C 10) (S 61), Schedule 2, Part III