{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1096",
  "legislation_title": "The Service Custody and Service of Relevant Sentences Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/service-custody-and-service-of-relevant-sentences-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Correspondence with legal representatives and courts",
  "text": "(1) A detainee may correspond with his legal representative and any court and such correspondence may only be opened, read or stopped by the commandant in accordance with the provisions of this rule.\n(2) Correspondence to which this rule applies may be opened, read and stopped by the commandant if he has reasonable cause to believe that it contains an illicit enclosure and any such enclosures shall be dealt with in accordance with these Rules.\n(3) Correspondence to which this rule applies may be opened, read and stopped by the commandant if he has reasonable cause to believe that its contents will endanger the security of service custody premises or the safety of others, or are otherwise of a criminal nature.\n(4) A detainee 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.\n(5) In this rule “court” includes the European Commission of 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 by the commandant and any correspondence to or from a person other than the detainee concerned, his legal representative or a court.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 19 in force at 31.10.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1096/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:42.593997+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}