Part 4Filming
12Prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with filming
(1)Section 16A of the 1984 Act (prohibition or restriction on roads in connection with certain events) shall apply in Greater London with the following modifications.
(2)The expressions “relevant event” and “the holding of a relevant event” include the making of a film.
(3)After subsection (2), the following subsection is inserted—
“(2A)The traffic authority for a road may at any time by notice restrict or prohibit temporarily the use of the road, or any part of it, by vehicles, or vehicles of any class, or by pedestrians, where it appears to them that it is expedient for the making of a film and that the restriction or prohibition should come into force without delay.”.
(4)The references, in subsections (3) and (5) to (10), to an order under section 16A include references to a notice under subsection (2A) of that section, as inserted by subsection (3) above, and references to the making of such an order include references to the issuing of such a notice.
13Restrictions on orders and notices
(1)Section 16B of the Act of 1984 (restrictions on orders under section 16A) shall apply in Greater London with the following modifications.
(2)In subsection (1) after the words “three days” the words “(or seven days, in the case of a film order)” are inserted.
(3)In subsection (6) the words “Subject to subsection (6A),” are inserted at the beginning.
(4)After subsection (6), the following subsections are inserted—
“(6A)No more than 6 film orders may be made under section 16A in any calendar year so as to affect any length of road, unless a further film order—
(a)is made by the Secretary of State as the traffic authority for the road concerned; or
(b)is made with his consent.
(6B)No film notice shall continue in force for more than 24 hours from the time at which it comes into effect.
(6C)In this section, “film orders” and “film notices” are orders and notices under section 16A of this Act which are made or issued in relation to the making of a film.”.
(5)In subsection (7), for “subsection (6)” there is substituted “subsections (6) and (6A)”.