Offender Management Act 2007

Part 4Escort arrangements

Imprisonment (Temporary Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 57)

18(1)Section 6 of the Imprisonment (Temporary Provisions) Act 1980 (detention in the custody of a constable) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) for the words from “prison” to “in which” there is substituted “prison or accommodation which is youth detention accommodation (within the meaning given by section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000) in which”.

(3)In subsection (2) for the words from “prison” to “in which” there is substituted “accommodation in which”.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

19The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows.

20In section 9 (powers and duties of custody officers employed at contracted out secure training centres)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a) for “offender” there is substituted “person”, and

(b)in subsection (3), for “offenders” there is substituted “persons”.

21In section 12 (escort arrangements and officers)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “offenders detained at a secure training centre” there is substituted “persons detained in youth detention accommodation”, and

(b)in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a)that he has been approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing any of the following—

(i)escort functions;

(ii)custodial duties at secure training centres;”.

22In the sidenote to section 13 (protection of custody officers at secure training centres), the words “at secure training centres” are omitted.

23(1)In section 14(1) (wrongful disclosure of information relating to offenders detained at secure training centres), for “offender detained at a secure training centre” there is substituted “person detained in youth detention accommodation”.

(2)In the sidenote to section 14, for “offenders detained at secure training centres” there is substituted “persons detained in youth detention accommodation”.

24In section 15 (interpretation of sections 7 to 14), after the definition of “sub-contractor” there is inserted—

““youth detention accommodation” has the meaning given by section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.”

25In paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1, for “offenders” there is substituted “detained persons”.

26In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1—

(a)in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (1), for “offender” there is substituted “detained person”, and

(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for “offenders” there is substituted “detained persons”.