32A   Regulations

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following matters:

(a)  the management, control, administration, supervision and inspection of detention centres,

(b)  the procedure to be followed when admitting a detainee into a detention centre, including the procedure for accepting or refusing custody of property in a detainee’s possession when the detainee is admitted,

(c)  the classification of detainees into different categories and the separation of detainees by reference to the categories into which they have been classified,

(d)  the procedure to be followed when releasing a detainee from a detention centre, including the procedure for returning property accepted from a detainee when the detainee was admitted into the detention centre,

(e)  the physical, psychological and spiritual welfare of detainees while in custody and following their release,

(f)  the expenditure of money (or money’s worth) by detainees,

(g)  the circumstances in which a detainee may lawfully acquire or retain possession of property within a detention centre,

(h)  the forfeiture and disposal of a detainee’s abandoned or unclaimed property (including money), or of unhygienic or otherwise dangerous property (including money) received from, or sent to, a detainee,

(i)  the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of property brought into a detention centre in contravention of this Act, the regulations or any other law,

(j)  visits to detainees, including:

(i)  the days and times that visits may be allowed, and

(ii)  the maximum number of persons who may visit a detainee at the same time, and

(iii)  the classes of persons who may be prohibited from visiting detainees, and

(iv)  the conditions that must be observed by persons intending to visit a detainee before such a visit will be allowed, and

(v)  the procedures to be observed by visitors and detainees during visits, and

(vi)  without limiting subparagraphs (iv) and (v), the identification of visitors (including the removal of face coverings within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 for that purpose),

(k)  the making and receiving of telephone calls by detainees,

(l)  the sending and receiving of letters and parcels by detainees, including the circumstances in which letters and parcels may be opened for inspection or confiscated,

(m)  the procedures to be followed by a detainee when applying for leave of absence, and the circumstances under which such leave may be granted,

(n)  the procedures to be followed by a detainee, and the facilities to be provided to a detainee, for the purpose of enabling the detainee to make a complaint to the centre manager of the detention centre or to any other person or body,

(o)  the observance by detainees of religious rites and obligations,

(p)  the acquisition by detainees of education and vocational training,

(q)  the provision to detainees of medical, surgical and dental treatment,

(q1)  the circumstances in which detainees may be confined to their rooms, and the periods for which they may be so confined,

(q2)  the review of directions given by the Director-General under section 16 (3),

(r)  the circumstances in which a body search may be conducted on a detainee, the procedures to be followed in conducting a body search and the persons by whom, or in whose presence, a body search is to be conducted,

(s)  the circumstances in which a juvenile justice officer may use force against a detainee, and the keeping of records of the occasions on which force is so used,

(t)  the equipment that may be used to restrain a detainee, and the circumstances in which, and the maximum periods for which, a detainee may be restrained by means of such equipment,

(u)  the circumstances in which a detainee may be tested for drugs or alcohol, the use of a non-invasive sample provided by, or taken from, a detainee for the purposes of a test for drugs or alcohol and the nature of the tests to be used,

(v)  analyses in connection with any such tests and the admission of certificates relating to the results of any such analyses as prima facie evidence in any proceedings for misbehaviour being dealt with under this Act,

(w)  the appointment of ministers of religion and other spiritual advisors for detention centres,

(x)  the functions of juvenile justice officers and other staff employed within a detention centre.