The Adventure Activities (Enforcing Authority and Licensing Amendment) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/1647
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Adventure Activities (Enforcing Authority and Licensing Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 19th July 1996.

(2) In these Regulations “the 1996 Regulations ” means the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 1996 .

Section 2 Application of Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989

(1) The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989 shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, apply in respect of the enforcement of the 1996 Regulations.

(2) Where, by virtue of paragraph (1) above, a local authority is responsible for the enforcement of the 1996 Regulations in relation to premises, it shall be responsible for such enforcement in relation to the provision of facilities for adventure activities (within the meaning of the 1996 Regulations)—

(a) at those premises; and

(b) from those premises if the premises are, at the time in question, primarily used for, or as a base for, the provision of instruction or leadership in sporting, recreational or outdoor activities;

and references in the said Regulations of 1989 to an enforcing authority for premises shall be construed accordingly.

Section 3 Amendment of 1996 Regulations

(1) The 1996 Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 7(1)(a) for “regulation 5(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “regulation 5(1)(a)(i)” and for “regulation 5(1)(b)” there shall be substituted “regulation 5(1)(a)(ii)”.