36—(1) It is an offence for a person at any time during the period of a regulated match to throw any article to which this subsection applies at or towards—
(a)the playing area, or any area adjacent to the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted, or
(b)any area in which spectators or other persons are or may be present,
without lawful authority or lawful excuse (which shall be for that person to prove).
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any article capable of causing injury to a person struck by it.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.