‘(4A) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1)(aa) it is a defence for the accused to show that they did not know and had no reasonable cause to believe that the photograph was of the inside of a prison.’—(Katherine Fletcher.)

This new clause amends section 34C of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 to include a specific offence of taking a photograph of the inside of a prison from the outside of a prison. It also clarifies that photographing or making a sound-recording of material transmitted from inside a prison is covered by the existing offence of taking a photograph or making a sound-recording inside a prison.