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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001/article-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001/article-45.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/238",
  "legislation_title": "The Detention Centre Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detention-centre-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/45",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "General duty of officers",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of every officer to conform to these Rules and the rules and regulations of the detention centre, to assist and support the manager in their maintenance and to obey his lawful instructions.\n(2) An officer shall inform the manager and the Secretary of State promptly of any abuse or impropriety which comes to his knowledge.\n(3) Detainee custody officers exercising custodial functions shall pay special attention to their duty under paragraph 2(3)(d) of Schedule 11 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to attend to the well-being of detained persons.\n(4) Detainee custody officers shall notify the health care team of any concern they have about the physical or mental health of a detainee.\n(5) In managing detained persons, all officers shall seek by their own example and leadership to enlist their willing co-operation.\n(6) At all times the treatment of detained persons shall be such as to encourage their self-respect, a sense of personal responsibility and tolerance towards others.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/238/article/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:06:01.128699+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}