Photography ban...?

[Nicholas]

RE: Photography ban...?

(06/03/2016 19:43)Lynx Wrote:  Taking photographs in a public place is not a criminal offence and is not illegal/unlawful because it is not governed by common law or statute law. Taking photos on private land is again neither illegal or unlawful and the police have no jurisdiction to act in private matters unless common law is broken. A private land owner can however bring about a private prosecution, but this would cost many thousands of pounds.

Bus stations belonging to PTEs are public land as the money they are provided with comes from central government which therefore makes any bus station operated by them public ground.

Private security or staff working at PTE bus stations have absolutely no authority to prevent you from filming and as long as you do not become aggressive or violent, and they certainly do not have any right to remove you. The same applies to police officers, who up until the point that they suspect your actions are unlawful/illegal have no jurisdiction.

There is a difference though between public highway (or rather, public right of way), and private land that is open to the public. You could photo buses at Prescot bus station, as it is on a public road. You could photo buses at Leigh or Wigan bus stations, as long as you did it from the footpath opposite the end of the bus stands as they are off the bus station land.