# Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A detainee custody officer may perform functions of a custodial nature at a short-term holding facility or in pre-departure accommodation (whether or not he is authorised to perform custodial functions at a removal centre).
(2) When doing so, he is to have the same powers and duties in relation to the facility or accommodation and persons detained there as he would have if the facility or accommodation were a removal centre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/schedule/11/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-11/paragraph-3
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