Part VIIIU.K. Detention Centres and Detained Persons

Detention centresU.K.

148 Management of [F1removal centres].U.K.

(1)A manager must be appointed for every [F1removal centre].

(2)In the case of a contracted out [F1removal 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 [F1removal centre] is to have such functions as are conferred on him by [F1removal centre] rules.

(4)The manager of a contracted out [F1removal 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 [F1removal 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).

Textual Amendments

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.