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SCHEDULE 1Amendment of the Prison Rules 1999

Communications

7.  In rule 39 (Correspondence with legal advisers and courts)—

(a)for the heading to the rule substitute “Delivery and receipt of legally privileged material”;

(b)for paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) A prisoner may deliver to, or receive from, the prisoner’s legal adviser and any court, either by post or during a legal visit under rule 38, any legally privileged material and such material may only be opened, read or stopped by the governor in accordance with the provisions of this rule.;

(c)for “correspondence” where that word appears in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (6) substitute “material”.