
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Suspension of Prisoner Custody Officer Certificate) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.
2 
In these Regulations “the Act of 1991” means the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
3 
The prescribed circumstances for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Act of 1991 (suspension of prisoner custody officer certificate by prisoner escort monitor or controller) are
(a) where—
(i) an allegation has been made against a prisoner custody officer (“the officer”) acting in pursuance of prisoner escort arrangements or performing custodial duties at a prison; or
(ii) the officer has been charged with a criminal offence or disciplinary action is being taken against him by the contractor; or
(iii) it appears to the prisoner escort monitor or (as the case may be)controller that the officer is, by reason of physical or mental illness, or for any other reason, incapable of satisfactorily carrying out his duties; and
(b) the prisoner escort monitor or (as the case may be) controller considers that the suspension of the certificate would be conducive to the maintenance of order or discipline in the prison or (as the case may be) the performance of the functions set out in section 80(1) of the Act of 1991 (arrangements for the provision of prisoner escorts).
Kenneth Baker
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
11th March 1992