C1Part IV Provision of Services
F2Contracted out functions
S. 88A and cross heading inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 33, s.99.
F188A Contracted out functions at directly managed prisons.
1
The Secretary of State may enter into a contract with another person for any functions at a directly managed prison to be performed by prisoner custody officers who are provided by that person and are authorised to perform custodial duties.
2
Section 86 above shall apply in relation to a prisoner custody officer performing contracted out functions at a directly managed prison as it applies in relation to such an officer performing custodial duties at a contracted out prison.
3
In relation to a directly managed prison—
a
the reference in section 13(2) of the 1952 Act (legal custody of prisoners) to an officer of the prison; and
b
the reference in section 14(2) of that Act (cells) to a prison officer,
shall each be construed as including a reference to a prisoner custody officer performing custodial duties at the prison in pursuance of a contract under this section.
4
Any reference in subsections (1) to (3) above to the performance of functions or custodial duties at a directly managed prison includes a reference to the performance of functions or such duties for the purposes of, or for purposes connected with, such a prison.
5
In this Part—
“contracted out functions” means any functions which, by virtue of a contract under this section, fall to be performed by prisoner custody officers;
“directly managed prison” means a prison which is not a contracted out prison.
Pt. IV (ss. 73-92) applied (30.6.1999) by 1999 c. 9, s. 1(2), Sch. 1 as added by 1991 c. 56, Sch. 4A para. 13(2)(a)