{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-11/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-11/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that a detainee custody officer is not a fit and proper person to perform escort functions or custodial functions, he may revoke that officer’s certificate so far as it authorises the performance of those functions.\n(2) If it appears to the escort monitor that a detainee custody officer is not a fit and proper person to perform escort functions, he may—\n(a) refer the matter to the Secretary of State; or\n(b) in such circumstances as may be prescribed, suspend the officer’s certificate pending a decision by the Secretary of State as to whether to revoke it.\n(3) If it appears to the contract monitor for the removal centre concerned that a detainee custody officer is not a fit and proper person to perform custodial functions, he may—\n(a) refer the matter to the Secretary of State; or\n(b) in such circumstances as may be prescribed, suspend the officer’s certificate pending a decision by the Secretary of State as to whether to revoke it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 11 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(k), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 7 wholly in force at 2.4.2001; Sch. 1 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 170(4); Sch. 1 para. 7(1) in force at 3.4.2000 by S.I. 2000/464, art. 2, Sch.; Sch. 11 para. 7(2)(3) in force for certain purposes at 1.8.2000 by S.I. 2000/1985, art. 2, Sch.; Sch. 11 para 7 in force so far as not already in force at 2.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/239, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/schedule/11/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}