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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

1999 CHAPTER 33

Commentary on Sections

Part VIII: Detention centres and detained persons

Section 156: Arrangements for the provision of escorts and custody

413.This section allows the Secretary of State to make arrangements for the escorting of detained persons by contract or otherwise. It provides a regulatory framework for the movement and escorting of detained persons which is designed to be transparent and to safeguard staff, detainees and members of the public.

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