Licensable and Non-licensable Activities
AALS Inspector Guidance Note - IGN 1.21
- Version No & date: 2 - 02/09/2010
- Review date: 09/2013
Issue:Not every activity that appears licensable on first sight is actually licensable and vice versa. This note sets out commonly encountered activities and shows which are licensable and which are not.
| Climbing |
Licensable (on natural outdoor features)
Rock climbing
Ice climbing
Via ferrata
Gorge/ghyll scrambling
Canyoning
Coasteering
Sea level traversing
Bouldering (specialist equipment/techniques required)
Abseiling (inc. on buildings & disused railway viaducts)
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Not licensable (but commonly believed licensable)
Climbing walls
Zip wires
Tyrolean traverse
Tree scrambling
Jacob’s ladder
Crate climbing
Abseiling towers
Scrambling (if no specialist equipment/techniques required)
Bouldering (no specialist equipment/techniques required)
Pool jumping/”tomb stoning”/”plunge pooling”
Weasiling (as distinct from caving or bouldering)
Ropes courses (including obstacle/assault courses)
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| Trekking |
Licensable (journeying in remote moorland/mountain areas above 600m)
Hillwalking
Mountaineering
Fell running
Orienteering
Off piste snow sports
Ski touring
Improvised sledges
Pony trekking
Off road cycling/mountain biking
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Quad bikes
Camping (in remote terrain)
Mountain boarding
On road cycling
On piste snow sports
Grass slope skiing |
| Caving |
Licensable (in natural caves or mines)
Caving
Pot holing
Mine exploration
Cave diving |
Show caves/tourist mines
Artificial cave systems
Mines still being worked |
| Watersports |
Licensable (on most lakes, fast flowing rivers & the sea)
Open canoeing
Kayaking (sea & inland)
Stand up kayaks
Sit on tops
Katakanus
Improvised rafting
White water rafting
Sailboarding
Windsurfing
Kite surfing
Paddle surfing
Surf skiing
Wave skiing
Sailing (boats & dinghies)
Duckies
River bugs
Keel boats
Bell boats
Dragon boating Hydrospeeding/hydroboarding
Stand up paddle boarding, in at least some circumstances
Artificial white water courses
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Not Licensable (but commonly believed licensable)
Rowing boats
MCA Registered yachts
Rigid inflatable boats (RIB)
Wake boarding
Water skiing
Body boarding
Surfing
Snorkelling
Scuba diving
Open water swimming
Sand/land yachting/blokarting
Power boats (and floats towed behind)
Powered/towed inflatables/rafts
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| Miscellaneous |
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Not Licensable (except in remote terrain)
Archery
Rifle shooting
Paint balling
Survival & bushcraft
Team building exercises
Bridge jumping
Fencing
Airborne activities
Clay pigeon shooting
Air rifles
Problem solving exercises
Environmental studies
Bungy jumping
Go karting
Adventure games
BMX biking
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