1. These Rules may be cited as the Detention Centre Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 2nd April 2001.
2. In these Rules, where the context so admits, the expression—
“compact” has the meaning set out at rule 4(1);
“controlled drug” means any drug which is a controlled drug for the purposes of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(1);
“legal adviser” means, in relation to a detained person, his counsel, representative or solicitor, and includes a clerk acting on behalf of his solicitor;
“manager” means, in relation to any detention centre, the person appointed under section 148(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
“officer” means an officer of a detention centre (whether a Crown servant or an employee of the contractor or otherwise) and, for the purposes of rule 8(2), includes a detainee custody officer who is authorised to perform escort functions in accordance with section 154 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or a prison officer or prisoner custody officer performing those functions under that section.