This section applies where a serious violence reduction order is in effect.
A constable may search the offender for the purpose of ascertaining whether the offender has a bladed article or an offensive weapon with them.
A constable may detain the offender for the purpose of carrying out the search.
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.
The powers in this section may be exercised only while the offender is in a public place.
A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, for the purpose of exercising a power conferred by this section.
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.