(1)A manager must be appointed for every detention centre.
(2)In the case of a contracted out detention centre, the person appointed as manager must be a detainee custody officer whose appointment is approved by the Secretary of State.
(3)The manager of a detention centre is to have such functions as are conferred on him by detention centre rules.
(4)The manager of a contracted out detention centre may not—
(a)enquire into a disciplinary charge laid against a detained person;
(b)conduct the hearing of such a charge; or
(c)make, remit or mitigate an award in respect of such a charge.
(5)The manager of a contracted out detention centre may not, except in cases of urgency, order—
(a)the removal of a detained person from association with other detained persons;
(b)the temporary confinement of a detained person in special accommodation; or
(c)the application to a detained person of any other special control or restraint (other than handcuffs).
Commencement Information
I1S. 148 wholly in force at 2.4.2001; s. 148 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 148(3) in force at 1.8.2000 for certain purposes by S.I. 2000/1985, art. 2, Sch.; s. 148 in force so far as not already in force at 2.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/239, art. 2, Sch.