Why does Wirral Council believe it can direct how filming of its public meetings are done (when not filmed by themselves)?
Since a legal change in August 2014, I have filmed eleven public meetings of Wirral Council’s Birkenhead Constituency Committee with no problems.
The press release issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in 2014 can be read at that link.
The 2014 legal change contained in the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 amended both the Local Government Act 1972 and Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (both of which had previously given a power to Wirral Council to stop filming at public meetings).
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