Young Offenders Act 1994

The chief executive officer may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules for the management, control, and security of detention centres generally or a specified detention centre and for the management, control, and security of detainees and the management of officers of the Department.

Rules made under this section may —

confer a discretionary authority on any person or class of persons;

confer on persons who are prison officers under the Prisons Act 1981, or such of those persons as are specified in the rules, such functions under this Act as are specified in the rules.

The chief executive officer is to publish rules made under this section in such manner as is appropriate to bring relevant rules to the attention of persons affected by them.

The chief executive officer is to take reasonable steps to have rules made under this section, so far as they affect detainees, made known —

to every detainee who is illiterate; and

in a language that the detainee understands, to every detainee who does not understand English.

If there is any inconsistency between a rule made under this section and a regulation, the rule has effect, to the extent of the inconsistency, subject to the regulation.