(1) The chief
executive officer may, where he is of the opinion that the management, control
or security of a prison or of the prisoners therein
requires —
(a) that
prisoners of a particular category or description be confined in a separate
part of the prison —
(i)
by instrument in writing declare that a part of the
prison specified in the instrument is set aside for the confinement of that
particular category or description of prisoner;
(ii)
from time to time determine the prisoners who shall be
confined in that part of the prison; and
(iii)
by order under section 35 of the Act make provision
for the management, control, security and routine in that part of the prison
and of the prisoners confined in that part;
(b) that
special provision be made for prisoners of a particular category or
description —
(i)
by order under section 35 of the Act make provision
for the management, control, security and routine of such prisoners; and
(ii)
from time to time determine the prisoners to whom those
provisions shall apply.
(2) The chief
executive officer may by instrument in writing amend, or revoke a declaration
under subregulation (1)(a)(i) or may revoke the declaration and
substitute another declaration for it.
(3) Nothing in
subregulation (1) affects the application of these regulations to any
prisoner but, subject to that limitation, the provisions as to management,
control, security and routine —
(a)
applicable in a part of a prison set aside under subregulation (1)(a)(i)
and to the prisoners confined in that part; or
(b)
applicable under subregulation (1)(b) to prisoners of a particular
category or description,
may differ from those
applicable in other parts or another part of the prison or to other prisoners
or prisoners of another category or description.
[Regulation 54C inserted: Gazette
25 Mar 1988 p. 898; amended: Gazette 2 Nov 1999
p. 5475.]
[Heading inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007
p. 1496.]