3(1)A detainee custody officer may perform functions of a custodial nature at a short-term holding facility (whether or not he is authorised to perform custodial functions at a [F1removal centre]).U.K.
(2)When doing so, he is to have the same powers and duties in relation to the facility and persons detained there as he would have if the facility were a [F1removal centre].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 11 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(k), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch.