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PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 54W

54W .         Custody of prisoners on bring up orders

                Where an order under section 85 of the Act is made —

            (a)         the superintendent of the prison in which the prisoner is confined may charge a prison officer or officer with the execution of the order; and

            (b)         a prisoner who is brought up under the order shall —

                  (i)         while absent from a prison or other facility for the purpose specified in the order, be kept in the charge of a prison officer, officer or police officer; and

                  (ii)         in due course and subject to any lawful order to the contrary, be returned to the custody from which the prisoner was brought up without prejudice to any cause or matter for which he or she was in that custody;

                and

            (c)         if the proceeding that the prisoner is required to attend is adjourned, the prisoner may during the adjournment —

                  (i)         be taken to and confined in any prison or be kept at any place in the charge of the prison officer or officer charged with the execution of the order, a police officer or a contract worker as defined in the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999 section 3; and

                  (ii)         be brought up from time to time and day‑to‑day to the court or place where his or her attendance is required.

        [Regulation 54W inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1504‑5.]

        [Regulation 54W. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: regulation altered 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]



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