Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to regulation 21, where an officer in charge of a detention centre or an authorized member has reasonable grounds for believing that the security, discipline or good order of the centre is likely to be adversely affected by the delivery to or despatch from a detainee of any letter or parcel the officer in charge or the authorized member may open and inspect that letter or parcel and read that letter.
(2) If, following the opening, inspection and reading of a letter or the opening and inspection of a parcel in accordance with subregulation (1), a letter or parcel is found to contain money, contraband or any item or matter that, in the opinion of the officer in charge of a detention centre, may adversely affect the security, discipline or good order of the centre, that letter or parcel and money, contraband or other item or matter contained in the letter or parcel or any or all of them, may be impounded.
(3) Where any letter, parcel, contraband or other item or matter is impounded under subregulation (2) at a detention centre the officer in charge of the centre shall inform the detainee.