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6 Photographers assert their right to take photos in London
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Just to clarify, there are restrictions in relation to photographing military installations, under the Defence Act 1954:
Penalty for sketching, etc., fortifications, etc., and trespassing thereon.
268.—(1) If any person, without lawful authority, makes or attempts to make any sketch, drawing, photograph, picture, painting, model or note of any fort, battery, field work, fortification or any military work of defence, aerodrome, barracks, post, magazine, munition factory, stores depot or any other Government property occupied or partly occupied by the Defence Forces or any portion thereof, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or, at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months, and all sketches, drawings, photographs, pictures, paintings, models and notes and all tools and all materials or apparatus for sketching, drawing, photographing, painting or modelling found in his possession shall be forfeited and may be destroyed, sold or otherwise disposed of as a Minister of State directs.
(2) If any person, without lawful authority, enters or approaches any fort, field work, fortifications or any military work of defence, aerodrome, barracks, post, magazine, munition factory, stores depot or any other Government property, occupied or partly occupied by the Defence Forces or any portion thereof, with sketching, drawing, photographing, painting or modelling materials or apparatus in his possession, with the intention of commiting an offence under subsection (1) of this section, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, and all tools and materials or apparatus for sketching, drawing, photographing, painting or modelling found in his possession shall be forfeited and may be destroyed, sold or otherwise disposed of as a Minister of State directs.
(3) If any person trespasses on any fort, battery, field work, fortification or any military work of defence, aerodrome, barracks, post, magazine, munition factory, stores depot, vessel or any other Government property occupied or partly occupied by the Defence Forces or any portion thereof or any land reserved for or forming part thereof, whether any erection, fort, fortification or work of any kind is thereon or not, or any building or land reserved or set apart or used in connection with the administration, accommodation or training of any part of the Defence Forces, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds, or at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(4) Any member of the Defence Forces or of the Garda Síochána may without warrant arrest any person who he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under this section and bring him before a Justice of the District Court to be dealt with according to law.
That’s it in black and white !
Ger.paul wrote:
np72 wrote:
I am not sure how similar or different the laws are between here and Britain, but as far as I know, legally the likes of Garda Stations and Gardai, Army barracks, (possibly soldiers, though not sure), railway stations, and ports are not allowed to be photographed, I think due to security issues.
That’s not the case at all. There are no such laws in Ireland.
However, you’ll never find images of undercover Gardai, ERC officers and such, because the press respect what they do. There is no actual law preventing the taking of such images.
Of course, if you did photograph Garda stations, army barracks and such, you would most likely be questioned.
Well, I am just repeating what I was told by a professional photographer regarding Gardai and Stations, Millitary property and general ports, I never looked into it, as I took what this person said at face value, and apparently he was partly right anyway, regarding the Defence Forces property, and thanks for the clarification of the law regarding the Millitary stuff Ger.
There are also restrictions in other areas of photography which we could come across & not be aware of.
A licence is required for the capture of bats for educational or scientific purposes, releasing a
rehabilitated bat back to the wild, photography and filming near a breeding place and for
retaining in captivity disabled bats which cannot survive in the wild.
Source: NPWSI have a mate in London who is of Indian decent,
Day 1 out shooting, stopped by all the English Security Guards around Wembley and given a right going over (Verbally), think they thought he was a Muslim Terrorist.
Day 2, The English guards were replaced by Gurkas, he approached them and had a chat with them didn’t say what he was doing, didn’t have any hassle.
So I suppose approach has a lot to do with it, but can’t help thinking racial profiling comes into it.
It would be interested to see this stunt was re done with an Irish person or a Arab person.Would the Police be as tolerant?
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Around this time last year was taking some evening shots around the IFSC where I work when got stopped by a security guard around the Harbourmaster pub. Was going ballistic, shouting that it’s illegal take photos in that district. Never had any problems with the guards in that area seeing as they you know, actual crime, to look into.
It’s my understanding that while there is no law specifically stating where you can or cannot take photos, the gardai and/or military can legally ask you to move along if they believe you are causing an obstruction. Depends on chracter of guard I guess but standing around taking tons of photos of military installations and garda stations could lead you to being pulled up :D
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