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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-36",
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  "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/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Use of force",
  "text": "(1) A detainee custody officer or an immigration officer dealing with a detained person must not use force unnecessarily and, when the application of force to a detained person is necessary, no more force than is reasonable may be used.\n(2) No officer may act deliberately in a manner calculated to provoke a detained person.\n(3) Particulars of every case of use of force must be recorded by the manager and must be reported to the Secretary of State without undue delay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/36",
    "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."
}