{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“contracted out short-term holding facility” means a short-term holding facility in respect of which there is a contract entered into by the Secretary of State under regulation 2 of the Immigration (Short-term Holding Facilities) Regulations 2002 ;\n“directly managed short-term holding facility” means a short-term holding facility which is not a contracted out short-term holding facility;\n“health care professional” means a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse;\n“holding room” means a short-term holding facility where a detained person may be detained for a period of not more than 24 hours unless a longer period is authorised by the Secretary of State;\n“legal adviser” means a detained person's counsel, representative or solicitor, and includes a clerk acting on behalf of that solicitor;\n“manager” means—\n(a)in relation to a directly managed short-term holding facility, the official of the Secretary of State designated to complete the tasks that fall to a manager under these Rules;\n(b)in relation to a contracted out short-term holding facility, a member of the contractor's staff—\n(i)designated to complete the tasks that fall to a manager under these Rules, and\n(ii)certified as a detainee custody officer.\n“member of staff” means a person working at a short-term holding facility;\n“officer” means—\n(a)an official of the Secretary of State;\n(b)an employee of the contractor;\n(c)a detainee custody officer (and includes a detainee custody officer who is authorised to perform escort functions in accordance with section 154 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ), or\n(d)an immigration officer.\n“port” includes airport;\n“residential holding room” means a short-term holding facility where a detained person may be detained for a period of not more than 96 hours unless a longer period is authorised by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 2 inserted (5.1.2023) by The Short-term Holding Facility (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/1345), rules 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2538."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 154(5) has been substituted by section 65(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:42.122735+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."
}