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The Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 1993
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Rule 2
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1. For rule 14 there shall be substituted the following rule—
“Correspondence with legal advisers and courts
14.—(1) An inmate may correspond with his legal adviser and any court and such correspondence may only be opened, read or stopped by the governor in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(2) Correspondence to which this rule applies may be opened if the governor has reasonable cause to believe that it contains an illicit enclosure and any such enclosure shall be dealt with in accordance with the other provisions of these Rules.
(3) Correspondence to which this rule applies may be opened, read and stopped if the governor has reasonable cause to believe its contents endanger prison or young offender institution security or the safety of others or are otherwise of a criminal nature.
(4) An inmate shall be given the opportunity to be present when any correspondence to which this rule applies is opened and shall be informed if it or any enclosure is to be read or stopped.
(5) An inmate shall on request be provided with any writing materials necessary for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this rule.
(6) In this rule, “court” includes the European Commission o Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice; and “illicit enclosure” includes any article possession of which has not been authorised in accordance with the other provisions of these Rules and any correspondence to or from a person other than the inmate concerned, his legal adviser or a court.”.
2. In rule 24, there shall be added after paragraph (3) the following—
“(4) Subject to any directions given in the particular case by the Secretary of State, a registered medical practitioner selected by or on behalf of an inmate who is a party to any legal proceedings shall be afforded reasonable facilities for examining him in connection with the proceedings, and may do so out of hearing but in the sight of an officer.”.
3. In rule 53(1)(f), there shall be substituted for the words “3 days”, the words “7 days”.
4. In rule 60(1)(i)(f), there shall be substituted for the words “3 days”, the words “14 days”.
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