Section 148 Management of removal centres.F1I1
United Kingdom
A manager must be appointed for every removal centre.
In the case of a contracted out removal centre, the person appointed as manager must be a detainee custody officer whose appointment is approved by the Secretary of State.
The manager of a removal centre is to have such functions as are conferred on him by removal centre rules.
The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not—
enquire into a disciplinary charge laid against a detained person;
conduct the hearing of such a charge; or
make, remit or mitigate an award in respect of such a charge.
The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not, except in cases of urgency, order—
the removal of a detained person from association with other detained persons;
the temporary confinement of a detained person in special accommodation; or
the application to a detained person of any other special control or restraint (other than handcuffs).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 148 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) ss. 66(2)(3)(b), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch.
Commencement
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S. 148 wholly in force at 2.4.2001; s. 148 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 148(3) in force at 1.8.2000 for certain purposes by S.I. 2000/1985, art. 2, Sch.; s. 148 in force so far as not already in force at 2.4.2001 by S.I. 2001/239, art. 2, Sch.
Notes on Part VIII
Modifications
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Pt. VIII modified (E.W.N.I.) (31.1.2008) by UK Borders Act 2007 (c. 30), ss. 2(6), 59(2); S.I. 2008/99, art. 2(a)