# The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018, Article 28: Use of telephones


(1) Subject to paragraph (3) a detained person must have access to a telephone at a short-term holding facility.
(2) A telephone system must be provided for incoming calls, and the detained persons must be notified promptly of such calls.
(3) The Secretary of State may impose reasonable limits and conditions on a detained person's use of the telephone.
(4) If a detained person does not have the necessary funds, the Secretary of State may bear the expense of any reasonable number of telephone calls which that person wishes to make.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-28
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