[F1342ESerious violence reduction orders: powers of constablesE+W
(1)This section applies where a serious violence reduction order is in effect.
(2)A constable may search the offender for the purpose of ascertaining whether the offender has a bladed article or an offensive weapon with them.
(3)A constable may detain the offender for the purpose of carrying out the search.
(4)A constable may seize anything that the constable finds in the course of the search if the constable reasonably suspects it to be a bladed article or an offensive weapon.
(5)The powers in this section may be exercised only while the offender is in a public place.
(6)A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, for the purpose of exercising a power conferred by this section.
(7)The powers conferred on a constable by this section are additional to powers which the constable has at common law or by virtue of any other enactment and does not affect those powers.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 11 Ch. 1A inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 19.4.2023 for the specified purpose and for the specified period of 24 months beginning with that date) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 165(1), 166, 208(4)(u); S.I. 2023/387, regs. 1, 5(1)(a)(2) (with regs. 6-8)