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CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) REGULATION 2015 - REG 40
Inspection of mail and parcels
40 Inspection of mail and parcels
(1) A centre manager or a juvenile justice officer authorised by the centre
manager may open, inspect and read a letter or parcel sent to or by a detainee
and, if it contains prohibited goods, may confiscate the letter or parcel and
its contents and deal with them in accordance with the directions of the
Secretary.
(1A) The centre manager of a detention centre must open, inspect
and read any letter or parcel sent to or by a national security interest
detainee and, if it contains prohibited goods, may confiscate the letter or
parcel and its contents and deal with them in accordance with the directions
of the Secretary.
(2) The detainee is to be informed of the confiscation of
any letter, parcel or prohibited goods.
(3) A centre manager may direct that
any written or pictorial matter contained in a letter or parcel opened,
inspected or read under this clause be copied before the letter or parcel
containing the matter is delivered to the addressee.
(4) The direction may be
given only if the centre manager or juvenile justice officer is of the opinion
that the written or pictorial matter to be copied-- (a) contains anything
likely to prejudice the good order and security of the centre, or
(b) is
threatening, offensive, indecent, obscene or abusive.
(5) This clause does
not apply to any letter or parcel addressed to, or received from, an exempt
body or exempt person.
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