Prisons (Police Lock‑ups) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

replace the definition of “authorised officer” with —“ “authorised officer” means —

for a police lock-up —

a police officer assigned by or on behalf of the officer‑in‑charge of a police lock‑up to perform, at the police lock‑up, the duties specified in regulation 6; or

an auxiliary police officer employed under section 50B of the Act as an escort or a guard to ensure the safe custody of any person who is under the auxiliary police officer’s custody while the person is transported to, or from, any police lock‑up or while the person is at any place outside a police lock‑up; and

for a temporary lock-up —

a police officer assigned by or on behalf of the officer‑in‑charge of a temporary lock‑up to perform, at the temporary lock‑up, the duties specified in regulation 6;

an auxiliary police officer employed under section 50B of the Act as an escort or a guard to ensure the safe custody of any person who is under the auxiliary police officer’s custody while the person is transported to, or from, any temporary lock‑up or while the person is at any place outside a temporary lock‑up; or

a prison officer assigned by or on behalf of the officer‑in‑charge of the temporary lock‑up, with the approval of the Commissioner, to perform, at the temporary lock‑up, the duties specified in regulation 6;”;

delete the definitions of “auxiliary police officer” and “lock‑up”;

in the definition of “lock-up officer”, after “police lock‑up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

replace the definition of “lock-up prisoner” with —“ “lock-up prisoner” —

in relation to a police lock‑up, means a person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in the police lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, the police lock‑up; and

in relation to a temporary lock‑up, means a person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in the temporary lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, the temporary lock‑up;”;

in the definition of “officer-in-charge”, after “police lock‑up”, insert “or a temporary lock‑up”;

in the definition of “police lock-up”, replace “to which, or in relation to which, these Regulations apply.” with “specified under regulation 3(1);”; and

after the definition of “police lock-up”, insert —“ “temporary lock-up” means a temporary lock‑up appointed under section 4(1A) of the Act, or the appointment of which is extended under section 4(1B) of the Act, for the confinement of the arrested persons described in section 4(1A) of the Act.”.

renumber regulation 3 as paragraph (1) of that regulation;

in paragraph (1), delete sub-paragraphs (a), (e) and (f); and

after paragraph (1), insert —“(2) These Regulations also apply to, and in relation to, any temporary lock‑up.”.

in the regulation heading, after “police lock‑ups”, insert “and temporary lock‑ups”;

in paragraph (1), after “police lock-up” wherever it appears, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

replace paragraph (2) with —“(2) The Commissioner of Police may appoint an officer‑in‑charge for any police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up.”;

in paragraphs (3) and (4), after “a police lock‑up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

in paragraph (3), after “the police lock‑up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

in paragraph (4), replace “that police lock‑up to assist him in the day‑to‑day management and administration of the police lock‑up” with “the police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up to assist the officer‑in‑charge in the day‑to‑day management and administration of that police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up”.

in the regulation heading, after “police lock‑ups”, insert “and temporary lock‑ups”;

after “of a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), after “police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

in paragraph (d), replace “a police lock-up” with “the police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

in paragraphs (a) to (e), after “the police lock‑up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”.

in paragraph (3), after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”;

in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b), after “police lock‑up” wherever it appears, insert “or temporary lock-up”;

in paragraph (3)(a), replace “he” with “the lock‑up prisoner”;

in paragraph (3)(b), replace “his” with “the lock‑up prisoner’s”;

in paragraph (4), after “police lock‑up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

in paragraph (4), replace “him” with “the lock‑up officer”.

in paragraph (1), after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”;

in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), (2)(a) and (3), after “the police lock‑up” wherever it appears, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), replace “his” with “the visitor’s”;

in paragraph (3), after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”; and

replace paragraph (4) with —“(4) Where a lock-up officer denies any visitor admission to a police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up under paragraph (3), the lock‑up officer must record the grounds of the lock‑up officer’s refusal in a report to the officer‑in‑charge of that police lock‑up or temporary lock‑up.”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”;

after “the police lock-up” wherever it appears, insert “or temporary lock-up”; and

replace “his” with “that lock-up prisoner’s”.

in paragraph (1), after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”;

in paragraph (3), after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”; and

in paragraph (3)(b), after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock-up”.

after “a police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”; and

after “the police lock-up”, insert “or temporary lock‑up”.