Riot (Damages) Act 1886
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| Long title | An Act to provide Compensation for Losses by Riots. |
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| Citation | 49 & 50 Vict c 38 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 June 1886 |
| Commencement | 25 June 1886 |
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Status: Amended
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict c 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It authorises the payment of compensation, from the police fund of the police area in question, to persons whose property has been injured, destroyed or stolen during a riot.
In this Act, the words "riotous" and "riotously" must be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Public Order Act 1986.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2016 that the act sets out a self-contained statutory compensation scheme which does not extend to cover consequential losses.
The preamble was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1898.
This section authorises the citation of the Act by a short title.
This section now reads:
Textual amendments
The references to a police area were substituted, for the previous references to a police district, by sections 103(1) and 104(1) of, and paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996.
The words "the police fund" were substituted for the words "the police rate" by Schedule 9 to the Police Act 1964.
"House, shop or building", "police area" and "police fund"
These expressions are defined by section 9.
This section now reads:
Textual amendments
The words "police area" were substituted for the references to a police district by sections 103(1) and 104(1) of, and paragraph 10 of Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996.
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