Topic 3 - Legislation and Regulations for Specific Situations

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Topic 3 - Legislation and Regulations for
Specific Situations

• Textbook pages 6871

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Learning outcomes

• By the end of the topic learners will have
• An appreciation of legislation in specific
  leisure situations
• An awareness of the key intentions of the Health
  and Safety (First Aid) Regulations, the
• Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act and
  the Food Safety Act.
• An awareness of the key intentions of the
  Children Act, Data Protection Act, and Working
  Time Regulations.

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Health Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

• Bumps, scrapes, cuts, burns, fractures and
  concussion are quite common occurrences within
  the Leisure Industry
• Customers want to know there are trained
  first-aiders on hand as they take part in their
  recreation activity
• Organisations are required by the regulations to
  ensure that first aid provision is adequate and
  appropriate.
• Each leisure situation will have different
  requirements of adequacy and appropriateness
  for a busy leisure pool, for example, you dont
  just want a packet of plasters on hand!
• A risk assessment needs to take place to decide
  what first aid kit is necessary and how many
  qualified staff need to be on hand

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Health Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

• Locations and numbers of participants help to
  determine the cover which is needed
• Along the route of a marathon, for example, you
  are going to need many first aiders, backed up by
  ambulances and doctors
• Whereas, for a small amateur dramatics show, one
  first-aider and a first aid box, might suffice
• Wherever possible, a first aid room should be
  provided (or a tent in outdoor events) which is
  clearly marked. All staff should be informed of
  its location and the whereabouts of the
  first-aiders on duty

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Health Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

• For individually run classes such as aerobics
  the instructor may well be a first aider, but
  they should as a minimum carry a first aid kit
• Whatever the scenario, organisations must ensure
  (under the regulations) that there are always
  trained first-aiders on hand
• First aid boxes and kits which are taken away to
  matches or on activities need to be checked
  before going, and restocked after returning if
  any items have been used
• Quantities will vary according to how many people
  the box or bag is meant to cover and they will
  also vary depending on the nature of the
  activities to be covered
• For the working environment, the regulations give
  clear guidelines
• Contents should be checked regularly for date and
  adequacy
• The boxes and bags themselves should be of a
  robust nature and clearly marked
• Dressings should be packaged so that they can be
  applied without the first-aider touching the
  wound directly

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First Aid Kits
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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987
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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987

• As a consequence of a number of football stadium
  and indoor event fires e.g. Bradford Citys
  horrific stadium fire in 1985 the safety of
  spectators became a major concern, in many cases
  because of old grounds having wooden stands and
  poor evacuation procedures

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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987

• The Safety of Sports Grounds Act of 1975 and the
  Fire Precautions Act of 1971 were modernised and
  improved to cover fire and safety at places of
  sport in 1987
• The most important provision of the 1987 Act is
  the requirement for any ground with a stand for
  more than 500 spectators to have a safety
  certificate either for small one-off events or
  regular large ones such as league matches
• The Football Licensing Authority was set up to
  monitor improvements and issue certificates, but
  much is done by local authorities now

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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987

• With the arrival of this new legislation many
  clubs decided it was easier to build new stadiums
  than modernise old ones. Derby, Stoke and
  Sunderland were some of the first to choose this
  course of action
• Fire Certificates are also needed by other types
  of leisure venue, such as night clubs, hotels and
  guesthouses, to ensure that they have proper
  provision for smoke, fire and evacuation
  situations
• Since 1999, risk assessments have had to be
  carried out by all leisure venues, so shops,
  theatres, museums and so on must carry out this
  process regularly.
• Non-compliance is taken as a criminal offence

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Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987

• Fire and Evacuation Risk Assessment
• Factors to be taken into account include
• Boxes or other obstacles (e.g. lockers) blocking
  passageways
• Frequency of fire drills
• Whether there is fire safety training for staff
  who act as evacuation controllers
• Records of any new installations changing fire
  safety considerations
• The occupancy levels of rooms and spectator areas
• Bottlenecks and the safety of assembly points

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Food Safety Act 1990

• This legislation requires providers to ensure
  that
• Food produced is fit for consumption i.e. not
  contaminated or past its sell by date
• The food contents are clear, e.g. to help us know
  what the meat or fat content might be, or whether
  the food contains substances likely to cause
  allergic reaction in some people
• If food is genetically modified we are informed
• Sourcing, preparation, storage and processing are
  done according to strict hygiene guidelines
• Handling, transport, packaging and presenting are
  all done according to strict hygiene guidelines
• All staff are required to be trained in food
  hygiene practices and gain a food hygiene
  certificate
• The regulations are very specific in all of the
  areas above and prescribe what cleaning should be
  done in particular locations, what materials
  should be used and the frequency for staff,
  rooms, utensils and surfaces

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Children Act 1989

• The Act requires authorities (mainly local
  authorities) to ensure that
• Adequate social services are accessible
• People providing child care and minding are
  properly qualified and certified
• Information on child protection is circulated
• Day-care facilities are registered and inspected,
  e.g. crèches at sports centres

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Children Act 1989

• Police checks have also become more common for
  anyone working with children (CRB and List 99)
• Ratios of cover for children are set out, as are
  guidelines on types of equipment which can be
  used, the records of which must be kept (an
  accident book, for example)
• Access for adults now has to be carefully
  controlled
• The taking of images (photographs and images),
  which include children is now more strictly
  controlled and so is the use of childrens images
  for advertising and other promotional activities
• Most schools, leisure clubs and youth groups have
  developed their own code of practice on giving
  out data on their members, and will not give out
  any personal details on children

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Children Act 1989

• The Football Association has a child-protection
  scheme built into its coach education programmes
  each club should have a child-protection person
  and clear codes for players, officials and
  spectators
• It also mentions (in the form of questions) some
  tell-tale signs and incidents that adults might
  see or hear, including
• What would you do if you saw bite marks or
  bruises on a childs body?
• What would you do if a parent was shouting abuse
  at other children in a match?
• Do you know the background of the first-aider who
  attends children at matches?
• How would you check the credentials of coaches
  working at a childrens football summer school?

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Data Protection Act 1998
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Data Protection Act 1998

• Other types of information captured on video and
  CCTV are also subject to the same conditions
• Leisure organisations which fall under the Act
  have to register their systems and purposes on
  the Data Protection Act Register
• They must also detail the sources they will use
  and to whom they will disclose the infromace

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Working Time Regulations 1998

• No worker to work more than 48 hours in any seven
  days
• Some opted out and there are some exemptions
• Large impact on Leisure organisations many of
  which are open 24 hours a day, particular where
  shift work is involved
• Regular breaks are also a key focus
• Adult workers are entitled to 11 consecutive
  hours rest in any 24 hour period and at least 24
  hours off in any seven-day period