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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules set out the conditions under which a prisoner custody officer, who is authorised to perform escort functions in accordance with section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”), may search a prisoner for whose delivery or custody he is responsible in pursuance of prisoner escort arrangements within the meaning of section 80(2) of the 1991 Act.