7 ANALYSIS destroy film.
A spokesperson for the Home Office said: “Security guards are not warranted police officers so cannot and have never been able to use Section 44 to prevent people from taking pictures.
“For the police to be able to use Section 44 they must get permission from the Home Secretary. Private property owners would need to seek legal advice to check what laws they can enforce with regards to stopping people taking photographs. someone is on public property and is taking a picture of a privately owned property there is no law to prevent this.”
If
After years of pressure from a host of human rights groups the Home Secretary Theresa May announced in July that Section 44 would be suspended and reviewed, as part of a pledge by the coalition government to review counter-terrorism powers.
sensitive to people taking photos around their children. We have 7.5 million visitors through the centre and their safety and wellbeing is our main priority.”
Under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 police officers had powers to stop and search anyone they reasonably suspected of
being a terrorist. Part of this meant that they could view images on a camera or mobile phone and could confiscate the memory card or film if they thought the photographs constituted evidence that the person was involved in terrorism. The police have never had the power to delete digital images or
The Home Secretary will report back on the findings in the autumn and any possible changes will be debated in Parliament.
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