{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-155",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-155.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/155",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "155",
  "heading": "Custodial functions and discipline etc. at removal centres .",
  "text": "(1) Custodial functions may be discharged at a removal centre only by—\n(a) a detainee custody officer authorised, in accordance with section 154(1), to perform such functions; or\n(b) a prison officer, or a certified prisoner custody officer, exercising functions in relation to the removal centre—\n(i) in accordance with arrangements made under section 154(5); or\n(ii) as a result of a contract entered into under section 150(1)(b).\n(2) Schedule 12 makes provision with respect to discipline and other matters at removal centres and short-term holding facilities and in pre-departure accommodation .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 155 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(g), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 155(2) inserted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 6(3), 75(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 155 wholly in force at 2.4.2001; s. 155 not in force at Royal Assent; S. 155(2) in force at 1.8.2000 for certain purposes by S.I. 2000/1985, art. 2, Sch.; s. 155 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/section/155",
    "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."
}