| Short Title: | Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994[1] |
| Parliament: | 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. |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1994 c. 29 |
| Royal Assent: | 21 July 1994 |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/29/contents/enacted |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | yes |
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 It superseded the Police Act 1964 and was itself replaced by the Police Act 1996.