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The Metropolitan Police has revised its anti-terrorism guidance in a bid to clear up confusion surrounding the powers officers have over amateur and professional photographers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Issued on the Met’s website last month the guidance<\/a> drew heavy criticism<\/a> for failing to make clear that police have no power to delete or destroy images without a court order (see AP 25 July). <\/p>\n

The Met has now added the following paragraph to the text outlining police powers under Section 44 and Section 43 of the Terrorism Act.<\/p>\n

‘Officers do not have the power to delete digital images or destroy film at any point during a search.’<\/p>\n

In its advice concerning press photographers, the Met now states: ‘Where it is clear that the person being searched is a journalist, officers should exercise caution before viewing images as images acquired or created for the purposes of journalism may constitute journalistic material and should not be viewed without a Court Order.’<\/p>\n

To see the Met?s revised advice in full visit http:\/\/www.met.police.uk\/about\/photography.htm<\/p>\n

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