Part 1: Corrosive products and substances Possession of corrosive substances Sections 10 to 12: Search for corrosive substances
These Sections provide law enforcement officers in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland with appropriate investigative and enforcement powers in relation to the offence of possessing a corrosive substance in a public place.
	Section 10 amends section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc) to allow for stop and search powers (and, if appropriate, seizure powers) to be used for substances in relation to which a person has committed, or is going to commit, an offence under section 6 of this Act (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place).
	Section 11 provides, in Scotland, a power for a constable who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is carrying a corrosive substance and has committed or is committing an offence under section 6 (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place) to search the person, detain the person for such time as is reasonably required to carry out the search and seize and retain any corrosive substance found. It also provides for offences in Scotland of obstructing a constable in their exercise of these powers and concealing a corrosive substance from a constable.
	Section 12 amends Article 3 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc.), to allow for stop and search powers to be used in respect of the prevention or detection of an offence under section 6 of this Act (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place).
	These sections form part of the law of the United Kingdom. Section 10 forms part of the law England and Wales. Section 11 forms part of the law of Scotland. Section 12 forms part of the law of Northern Ireland.