Category: Licensing

An update on the changes to the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority that will take place from April 2020 can be downloaded

On 20 June 2018 the HSE Board considered a paper on the feedback from the recent Discussion Document on the future of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) and the Adventure Activity Licensing Regulations (AALR)

Following the recent decision  at their 12th September meeting, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board have approved the development of a non-statutory Adventurous Activities accreditation scheme, which will require the repeal of the Adventurous Activities Licensing Regulations (AALR). The following information is offered from SAPOE and SAAF as way of an update to the Adventure Industry in Scotland as well as interested parties further afield

The results of the HSE consultation on Adventure Activities Licensing are now available

Interested parties only now have until the 9th March to comment on the HSE’s discussion document on its review of AALA.  The document sets out the three options that the HSE board will be taking forward for consideration, and your input will help inform HSE of what the industry across the UK feels about each […]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reviewing the delivery and scope of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) on behalf of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The scope of the review aims to ensure that the provision of licencing of adventure activities is delivered in a sensible, proportionate and cost-effective manner, and encourages […]

The Adventure Activities Licensing Service has appointed new senior inspectors for Wales and Scotland.

The recent announcement by the government that it intends to keep Adventure Activities Licensing in England brings to an end several years of considerable uncertainty. We now feel we can re-group, re-think and look at delivering the day-to-day functions of the current Licensing scheme in a more effective way across England, Scotland, and Wales

The recent announcement by the government that it intends to keep Adventure Activities Licensing in England brings to an end several years of considerable uncertainty. We now feel we can re-group, re-think and look at delivering the day-to-day functions of the current Licensing scheme in a more effective way across England, Scotland, and Wales

SAAF (Scottish Adventure Activities Forum) has now published its final report and recommendations as a result of recent consultation with providers and stakeholders involved in adventure education and outdoor learning. It highlights and recommends to Scottish Government, a need for review and change in a number of key areas of adventure activities licensing