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Tony wainwright
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I would like to offer ome advice regarding Jim Barnes question in the Q&A section.
ALL fisheries which are open to the public have a Duty of Care under the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974)
Should any child be injured whilst fishing on the complex you mention, eg if the young lad who jumped in after his pole had drowned, it is very likely that the owners of the complex would be in serious trouble with the HSE.
I know I've mentioned Health & Safety on this site before but it aplies to fishing as much as anything else.
The owners of the complex should have carried out a risk assessment on the hazards of young people fishing unsupervised. This means that they must assess all reasonable risks which the kids might encounter. Having assessed the risks they must do something About any riskswhich are deemed to be unacceptable. Assessing the risks is basically a common sense job but it MUST be done properly.
Any major injuries or fatalities would result in the attentions of the HSE.
Should the complex owners be deemed to have failed to discharge their duty of care, they would very likely be prosecuted with serious consequences.
Just as an example, how many fishing venues do you know of with rescue equipment? If an adult falls into water and cant swim, the owners of the water would be liable for prosecution if there was no rescue equipment available.
They should also have public liability insurance.
I know that this may seem to be "over the top" but the law applies here every bit as much as a building site.
ALL fisheries which are open to the public have a Duty of Care under the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974)
Should any child be injured whilst fishing on the complex you mention, eg if the young lad who jumped in after his pole had drowned, it is very likely that the owners of the complex would be in serious trouble with the HSE.
I know I've mentioned Health & Safety on this site before but it aplies to fishing as much as anything else.
The owners of the complex should have carried out a risk assessment on the hazards of young people fishing unsupervised. This means that they must assess all reasonable risks which the kids might encounter. Having assessed the risks they must do something About any riskswhich are deemed to be unacceptable. Assessing the risks is basically a common sense job but it MUST be done properly.
Any major injuries or fatalities would result in the attentions of the HSE.
Should the complex owners be deemed to have failed to discharge their duty of care, they would very likely be prosecuted with serious consequences.
Just as an example, how many fishing venues do you know of with rescue equipment? If an adult falls into water and cant swim, the owners of the water would be liable for prosecution if there was no rescue equipment available.
They should also have public liability insurance.
I know that this may seem to be "over the top" but the law applies here every bit as much as a building site.