PART 17

VISITING COMMITTEES

Visiting committees for legalised police cells
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1
A visiting committee must be constituted in accordance with this rule for the legalised police cells specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 and in relation to each of these visiting committees—
a
the members of the visiting committee must be appointed by the council or councils specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 opposite to the name of the legalised police cell specified in column 1 of that Schedule; and
b
the number of members that each council must appoint to the relevant visiting committee is specified in column 3 of that Schedule.
2
A member of a visiting committee must visit the legalised police cells on at least one occasion in any month if any prisoners have been detained in the cells within the preceding month.
3
In relation to the legalised police cells specified in Schedule 3 and to the visiting committees constituted in accordance with this rule and to the members and officers of any such committees, the following provisions of these Rules apply subject to the modifications specified in paragraphs (4) to (6)—
a
in rule 146, paragraphs (3) to (9);
b
in rule 148, paragraphs (1) to (5), (8) & (9);
c
rule 149;
d
rule 150;
e
rule 152;
f
rule 153; and
g
rule 154.
4
The provisions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) of paragraph (3) apply as if—
a
any reference to “prison” were a reference to the relevant legalised police cells;
b
any reference to “Governor” were a reference to the constable who is in charge of the cells.
5
Rule 148(9) applies as if the words “the Governor of the relevant prison and to” were omitted.
6
Rule 152 applies as if—
a
in paragraph (1), for the words after “inspect” there are substituted “records relating to the legalised police cells and any record kept at the cells which relates to a prisoner who is or has been detained in them.”; and
b
in paragraph (2), for the words “prison records”, there are substituted “any such records as are mentioned in paragraph (1)”.