PART VIVISITING COMMITTEES

Particular duties62

1

A member of the visiting committee shall visit any detained person who is subject for the time being to:—

a

removal from association under rule 40;

b

temporary confinement under rule 42; or

c

special control or restraint under rule 43 within 24 hours of his being made so subject, and thereafter as the Secretary of State may direct.

2

The visiting committee for a detention centre and any member of the committee shall hear any complaint or request which a detained person wishes to make to them or him.

3

The committee shall arrange for the food of the detained persons to be inspected by a member of the committee at frequent intervals.

4

The committee shall inquire into any report made to them, whether or not by a member of the committee, that a detained person’s health, mental or physical, is likely to be injuriously affected by any conditions of his detention.