Metropolitan Police Act 1839

VMetropolitan Police Constables to act on the River Thames, &c.

And be it enacted, That the Constables belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force shall have all the Powers and Privileges of a Constable in the Counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, and upon the River Thames within or adjoining to the several Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Berkshire, Essex, and Kent, and within or adjoining to the City of London and the Liberties thereof and in and on the Several Creeks, Inlets, and Waters Docks, Wharfs, Quays, and Landing Places, thereto adjacent, and shall act therein and thereupon, as fully as in any Part of the Metropolitan Police District.