Part VIII Prison Services and the Prison Service
Chapter III Northern Ireland
Supplemental
122 Certification of custody officers.
(1)
In this Chapter “prisoner custody officer” means a person in respect of whom a certificate is for the time being in force certifying—
(a)
that he has been approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing escort functions; and
(b)
that he is accordingly authorised to perform them.
(2)
Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the certification of prisoner custody officers.
(3)
In this section and Schedule 7 to this Act “escort functions” means the functions specified in section 118(1) above.