4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 20 —(a) | in paragraphs (1) and (2), replace “lawful authority” with “the authority of the Act, these Regulations or the express permission of the Commissioner of Prisons”; | (b) | in paragraph (1), replace sub‑paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) with —“(a) | conveys or supplies, or causes to be conveyed or supplied, to any inmate, or hides or places for the use of any inmate, any unauthorised article; | (b) | brings, or attempts by any means to introduce, into any centre, or places, or attempts to place, where inmates work, any unauthorised article; | (c) | brings, or attempts to bring, out of any centre, or conveys from any inmate, any unauthorised article;”; |
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| (c) | in paragraph (1)(d), delete “or” at the end; | (d) | in paragraph (1), after sub‑paragraph (d), insert —“(da) | communicates with any inmate in circumstances where the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the communication is likely to encourage, incite or agitate any inmate to commit an offence (including any offence listed in the Schedule), and thereby encourages, incites or agitates an inmate to commit an offence (including any offence listed in the Schedule); or”; |
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| (e) | in paragraph (2), replace sub‑paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) with —“(a) | knowingly permits any unauthorised article to be sold to or on behalf of, or to be received or used by or on behalf of, any inmate; | (b) | knowingly lends or gives to any inmate any authorised article; | (c) | knowingly permits any unauthorised article to be brought out of any centre, or to be conveyed from any inmate;”; and |
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| (f) | after paragraph (2), insert —“(3) In this regulation, “unauthorised article” means —(a) | any letter or document; | (b) | any electronic device; | (c) | any intoxicating substance, controlled drug, psychoactive substance or stimulant; | (d) | any food or drink; | (e) | any item of clothing; | (f) | money; or | (g) | any article not specifically authorised by the Commissioner of Prisons to be brought into or out of a centre.”. |
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