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Article 62 Particular duties

(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.