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Children and Young People Act 2008
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202 Monitoring protected mail (1) The director-general may open and search a young detainee’s protected mail in the young detainee’s presence if the director-general suspects on reasonable grounds that the mail contains— (a) something that may physically harm the addressee; or (b) a prohibited thing. (2) However, the director-general must not read a young detainee’s protected mail without the young detainee’s written consent. protected mail—see section 201. search—see section 201.