SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Escort Arrangements
Monitoring of escort arrangements
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1
Escort arrangements must include provision for the appointment of a Crown servant as escort monitor.
2
The escort monitor must—
a
keep the escort arrangements under review and report on them to the Secretary of State as required in accordance with the arrangements;
b
from time to time inspect the conditions in which detained persons are transported or held in accordance with the escort arrangements;
c
make recommendations to the Secretary of State, with a view to improving those conditions, whenever he considers it appropriate to do so;
d
investigate, and report to the Secretary of State on, any allegation made against a detainee custody officer or prisoner custody officer in respect of any act done, or failure to act, when carrying out functions under the arrangements;
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Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to—
a
detainee custody officers employed as part of the Secretary of State’s staff; or