138Religious denomination of detainees

138 Religious denomination of detainees

138 Religious denomination of detainees

(1) A detainee, on admission into a detention centre—

(a) may state the detainee’s religious denomination, or

(b) may state that the detainee is of no religious denomination, or

(c) may decline to provide information regarding the detainee’s religious denomination.

(2) A record must be kept at a detention centre in relation to each detainee at the centre—

(a) of the detainee’s religious denomination, or

(b) of the fact that the detainee is of no religious denomination, or

(c) that the detainee declined to provide information regarding the detainee’s religious denomination.

(3) The centre manager must, when requested to do so by an accredited chaplain, provide the chaplain with the name of each detainee at the detention centre and the detainee’s religious denomination (if the detainee has provided that information).