A manager must be appointed for every removal centre.
In the case of a contracted out removal centre, the person appointed as manager must be a detainee custody officer whose appointment is approved by the Secretary of State.
The manager of a removal centre is to have such functions as are conferred on him by removal centre rules.
The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not—
enquire into a disciplinary charge laid against a detained person;
conduct the hearing of such a charge; or
make, remit or mitigate an award in respect of such a charge.
The manager of a contracted out removal centre may not, except in cases of urgency, order—
the removal of a detained person from association with other detained persons;
the temporary confinement of a detained person in special accommodation; or
the application to a detained person of any other special control or restraint (other than handcuffs).