Amendment to the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000
3. For rule 13 of the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000 (disclosure by governor to non-specified persons of certain information) substitute—
“(1) Except in accordance with paragraph (2), the governor may not disclose to any person who is not
(a)an officer of a young offender institution;
(b)an officer of the Secretary of State;
(c)an officer of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, where the Board has entered into a contract for the provision or running, or both, of the young offender institution; or
(d)an employee of the young offender institution authorised by the governor for the purpose of this rule,
any intercepted material, information retained pursuant to rule 12 or material obtained by means of an overt closed circuit television system used during a visit.
(2) The governor may disclose the material and information identified in paragraph (1) to persons, other than those mentioned in that paragraph, if:
(a)he considers that such disclosure is—
(i)necessary on the grounds specified in rule 11(4); and
(ii)proportionate to what is sought to be achieved by the disclosure;
(b)in the case of intercepted material or material obtained by means of an overt closed circuit television system used during a visit, all parties to the communication or visit consent to the disclosure; or
(c)in the case of information retained pursuant to rule 12, the inmate to whose communication the information relates, consents to the disclosure.”