Part 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (removal centres and detained persons) is amended as follows.
In section 147 (interpretation)—
after the definition of "custodial functions" insert—"detained children" means detained persons who are under the age of 18;;
after the definition of "escort monitor" insert—"pre-departure accommodation" means a place used solely for the detention of detained children and their families for a period of—anot more than 72 hours, orbnot more than seven days in cases where the longer period of detention is authorised personally by a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975);;
in the definition of "removal centre", after "facility," insert ;" pre-departure accommodation, "
in the definition of "short-term holding facility", at the end insert—but which is not pre-departure accommodation.
In section 155 (custodial functions and discipline), in subsection (2), at the end insert ." and in pre-departure accommodation "
After section 157 insert—