Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Grants Buckinghamshire County Council the power to regulate filming on its public highways, including the ability to issue film orders and notices and to place or use objects on the highway to support filming, subject to safeguards and traffic rules.
• It originated in the Lords as a Private Bill and moved through both Houses in 2013–2014, with carry‑over motions between sessions and a reintroduction before progress in 2014.
• It underwent formal scrutiny in committee in both Houses (Lords Committee in March 2014 and Commons Committee in November 2014).
• Official documentation accompanying the bill includes an Explanatory Memorandum and government reports; the records indicate the bill was later enacted as the Buckinghamshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Act 2014 (publication in early 2015).
• As of the record, the bill was at 3rd reading in the Commons, reflecting its final stages in passage before enactment.

Progress

The bill progressed from Lords to Commons with carry‑over motions and a reintroduction in 2014, reached the Commons’ 3rd reading, and was enacted as an Act in early 2015 to give the council these filming powers.