Riot (Damages) Act 1886

Riot (Damages) Act 1886
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide Compensation for Losses by Riots.
Citation	49 & 50 Vict. c. 38
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	25 June 1886
Commencement	25 June 1886
Repealed	6 April 2017
Other legislation
Amends	Merchant Shipping Act 1854;
Repeals/revokes	Remedies Against the Hundred (England) Act 1827; Threshing Machines, Remedies for Damage Act 1832;
Amended by	Merchant Shipping Act 1894; Statute Law Revision Act 1898; Police Act 1964; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993;
Repealed by	Riot Compensation Act 2016
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 38) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorised the payment of compensation, from the police fund of the police area in question, to persons whose property had been injured, destroyed or stolen during a riot. The whole act was repealed and replaced by the Riot Compensation Act 2016 which received royal assent on 23 March 2016.

In the act, the words "riotous" and "riotously" were to 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.