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UK Law Reference
All sections of Offensive Weapons Act 2019
2019 c. 17, s.10

Section 10 — Search for corrosive substances: England and Wales

Extent: E+W

This version in force from 2022-04-06

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) Section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), after “any article to which subsection (8A) below applies” insert “ , any substance to which subsection (8AA) below applies ”.

(3) In subsection (3), after “any article to which subsection (8A) below applies” insert “ , any substance to which subsection (8AA) below applies ”.

(4) In subsection (6), after “an article to which subsection (8A) below applies” insert “ , a substance to which subsection (8AA) below applies ”.

(5) After subsection (8A) insert— (8AA) This subsection applies to any substance in relation to which a person has committed, or is committing or is going to commit an offence under section 6 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place). (8AB) In this section references to such a substance include an article which contains such a substance.