Moved by
Baroness Benjamin
268: After Clause 106, insert the following new Clause—
“Part 8A
Children participation in performances
Children participation in performances
(1) Section 25 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (restrictions on persons under eighteen going abroad for the purpose of performing for profit) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (1)(a) substitute—
“(a) for the purposes of taking part in a performance to which section 37(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 applies,”.
(3) In subsection (1)—
(a) for “this section” substitute “section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963”,
(b) omit paragraph (a) and after “granted in respect of him under” omit “this” and after “section” insert “37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963”.
(4) Subsections (2) to (11) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 are omitted.
(5) Section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (restrictions on persons under 16 taking part in public performances, etc.) is amended as follows.
(6) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), a performance does not include participation in—
(a) filming by private individuals for uploading onto the internet for transmission (“user generated content”);
(b) observational documentaries in which the child’s life and routine remains to a significant degree the same as it would have been had filming not been taking place;
(c) unplanned and spontaneous filming where parental consent is subsequently obtained for the purposes of broadcasting;
(d) filming in the context of news and current affairs journalism, or filming in the public interest in circumstances where it is not practicable to apply for a licence, without prejudice to the effect of sections 39 and 49; or
(e) any further category as the Secretary of State may specify by way of regulations.”
(7) After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Where subsection (2A)(b) to (e) applies such that no licence is required, the person responsible for filming the child shall carry out an assessment of risk prior to the filming taking place, save where it is not possible to do so, in which case such a risk assessment must be carried out as soon as possible after such filming takes place.”
(8) In subsection (4) after “will not suffer” insert “and in particular, that the child would not be subjected to any risk beyond that involved in the ordinary course of their life”.
(9) In subsection (5) after “imposed by the authority” insert “; such conditions shall however, seek to minimise any differences in conditions imposed in relation to different media and any such differences must be necessary and objectively justified for the purposes of protecting the child against a specified risk, and in particular, regulations shall not prohibit the recording or broadcast of live performances where the child’s participation in that live performance is permitted by the relevant licence”.
(10) After subsection (1)(b) insert—
“(c) go abroad for the purposes of a performance to which subsection 2 applies save that this subsection shall not apply in any case where it is proved that the child was only temporarily resident within the United Kingdom.”
(11) Section 38 is repealed.
(12) Section 42 is repealed.”