Regulation 13
Amendment of regulation 12
of Prisons (Police Lock‑ups) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
In the principal Regulations, in regulation 12 —
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.”.