Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833

The Police Magistrates, Metropolis Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 19), granted royal assent on 18 June 1833. It continued the police offices set up in 1792, particularly that at Wapping, laying the ground for that court and the River Police's incorporation into the new Metropolitan Police as Thames Division in 1839 and the evolution of the police offices into police courts and later magistrates courts.

The Act was renewed until 1 July 1838 and from then until the end of the next session of Parliament by the Justices of the Peace in Metropolis Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 37).