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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
short_title	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
type	Act
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom
long_title	An Act to make provision about the administration and governance of police forces; about the licensing of, and for the imposition of a late night levy in relation to, the sale and supply of alcohol, and for the repeal of provisions about alcohol disorder zones; for the repeal of sections 132 to 138 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and for the prohibition of certain activities in Parliament Square; to enable provision in local authority byelaws to include powers of seizure and forfeiture; about the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs; to restrict the issue of arrest warrants for certain extra-territorial offences; and for connected purposes.
year	2011
citation	2011 c. 13
introduced_commons	Theresa May, Home Secretary	introduced_lords=Baroness Browning, Minister of State for Crime Prevention and Antisocial Behaviour Reduction
territorial_extent	England and Wales Sections 58, 152, 154, 157, and 158, and Schedule 58 also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland, Section 98 and Schedule 15 Extend to England, Wales and Scotland
royal_assent	15 September 2011
amendments	Wales Act 2017
related_legislation
status	Current
original_text	http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/contents/enacted/data.htm
legislation_history	http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/policereformandsocialresponsibility.html

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The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Provisions

It transfers the control of police forces from police authorities to elected Police and Crime Commissioners. The first police commissioner elections were held in November 2012. The next elections took place in May 2016 and will subsequently take place every four years.

The act repeals the provisions in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 which prohibit protests near Parliament Square, and instead restricts certain "prohibited activities" in Parliament Square garden and the adjoining footways. The police have used these powers to confiscate pizza boxes, tarpaulin and umbrellas from protesters in Parliament Square.

The act removed the statutory requirement for the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to include scientists. The move follows the sacking of David Nutt from the council in 2009.

Section 153 of the act amends section 1 of Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 so that an arrest warrant for an offence of universal jurisdiction cannot be issued without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, unless applied for by a Crown Prosecutor.

Proposed amendments

In 2021, the government published their proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which would amend the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act, in relation to behaviour around and access to the Parliamentary estate.

References

(2010-07-26). "Police reforms: Key points". BBC News.
(2014-10-24). "Occupy protesters forced to hand over pizza boxes and tarpaulin". The Guardian.
(6 December 2010). "Drugs advice body needs scientists, say campaigners". [[BBC News Online]].
[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0268/en/200268en.pdf Explanatory Notes] Parliament.uk

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