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PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 54C

54C .         Separation of prisoners

        (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.]



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