# Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, Section 148: Management of removal centres.

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

(1) A manager must be appointed for every removal centre.
(2) 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.
(3) The manager of a removal centre is to have such functions as are conferred on him by removal centre rules.
(4) The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not—
(a) enquire into a disciplinary charge laid against a detained person;
(b) conduct the hearing of such a charge; or
(c) make, remit or mitigate an award in respect of such a charge.
(5) The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not, except in cases of urgency, order—
(a) the removal of a detained person from association with other detained persons;
(b) the temporary confinement of a detained person in special accommodation; or
(c) the application to a detained person of any other special control or restraint (other than handcuffs).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/148 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-148
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