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10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no room or cell shall be used for the confinement a detainee serving a sentence of service detention in service custody premises unless—
(a)a medical officer has certified that its size, lighting, heating, ventilation and fittings are adequate for health and that it allows the detainee to communicate with a member of staff of the service custody premises at any time;
(b)the room or cell is of a size of at least seventeen cubic metres for each detainee confined in it;
(c)a permission under rule 7(3)(c) has been issued by an inspector of service custody premises for its use for the confinement of detainees serving a sentence of service detention.
(2) An officer of or above the rank of commodore, brigadier or air commodore may, if required by operational exigencies, authorise the confinement of a detainee for not more than fourteen days in a room or cell outside the UK that does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(b).
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