Member

192A: Clause 136, page 78, line 11, at end insert— “(3) Regulations made under this section may not be read as placing any burden on a person to prove to any enforcing authority that smoking is necessary for artistic reasons, and in any proceedings relating to an alleged offence it is for the enforcing authority to establish that the conditions for any exemption do not apply.”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment seeks to clarify that regulations relating to smoking in theatrical performances do not alter the existing allocation of the burden of proof.