The Police Act 1919 ( 9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46) was an act of the

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which set up an alternative dispute resolution system within

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for collective disputes involving members of staff in the police force. The current rules are now found under the

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. 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

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, and provided an alternative in the

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and the Scottish Police Federation. A substitute for strikes was binding

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to resolve collective disputes.

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