In this Part—
“certificate of authorisation” means a certificate issued by the Secretary of State under section 154;
“certified prisoner custody officer” means a prisoner custody officer certified under section 89 of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1991, or section 114 of the M2Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, to perform custodial duties;
“contract monitor” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under section 149(4);
“contracted out detention centre” means a detention centre in relation to which a detention centre contract is in force;
“contractor”, in relation to a detention centre which is being run in accordance with a detention centre contract, means the person who has contracted to run it;
“custodial functions” means custodial functions at a detention centre;
“detained persons” means persons detained or required to be detained under the 1971 Act;
“detainee custody officer” means a person in respect of whom a certificate of authorisation is in force;
“detention centre” means a place which is used solely for the detention of detained persons but which is not a short-term holding facility, a prison or part of a prison;
“detention centre contract” means a contract entered into by the Secretary of State under section 149;
“detention centre rules” means rules made by the Secretary of State under section 153;
“directly managed detention centre” means a detention centre which is not a contracted out detention centre;
“escort arrangements” means arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 156;
“escort functions” means functions under escort arrangements;
“escort monitor” means a person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 13;
“prisoner custody officer”—
in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the M3Criminal Justice Act 1991;
in relation to Scotland, has the meaning given in section 114(1) of the M4Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;
in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given in section 122(1) of that Act of 1994;
“short-term holding facility” means a place used solely for the detention of detained persons for a period of not more than seven days or for such other period as may be prescribed.