Article 51 Opening and reading of other correspondence

(1)

Any letter or package, other than one to which rule 49 or 50 applies, which a prisoner wishes to send or which is addressed to him may be opened by an officer.

(2)

The contents of any such letter or package may only be read by an officer where he considers that they may be, or may contain anything, in contravention of the restrictions specified in any direction by the Secretary of State made for the purposes mentioned in rule 52(2).

(3)

Where a letter or package is found to contain anything in contravention of such restrictions, an officer may–

(a)

prevent the letter or package, or anything contained in it, being sent or, as the case may be, received by the prisoner; and

(b)

deal with the letter or package, or anything contained in it, in accordance with such arrangements as may be specified in a direction by the Secretary of State for these purposes.