Prerequisites for including activities on a licence
AALS Inspector Guidance Note - IGN 1.10
- Version No & date: 1: 28/01/2010
- Review date: 01/2013
Issue: Regulation 6 of the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 makes it clear that an activity should not be included on a licence unless there is evidence that the provider has: (a) made a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks; (b) has identified the control measures necessary to ensure safety; (c) implemented the required safety arrangements and (d) appointed a technical advisor(s).
- Therefore, before including an activity on the licence AALA requires:
- An evaluation of the provider’s risk assessment by the inspector;
- Assurance that the measures identified to control those risks have been implemented by the provider;
- That the provider’s staff management arrangements ensure that staff are competent to do the work they are deployed to do in the environments in which they are deployed;
- If non-NGB qualified staff are used, that the provider has verified the competence of those staff by appropriate means;
- That the provider has identified and appointed a suitably qualified and experienced technical advisor.
- It may be appropriate for the Licensing Service to inspect a similar activity if it is a new activity which the provider cannot deliver until a licence is issued. After including a new activity on the licence but prior to delivery of the activity, the provider must have in place:
- Adequate risk control measures such as written operating procedures, including emergency procedures;
- Competent instructors;
- Appropriate equipment checking and maintenance procedures;
- A suitable technical advisor.
- It may be necessary for the licensing service to inspect newly offered activities once they are happening.
