Describe the range of legal factors that may influence work in the Leisure centre and describe the regulatory bodies that activities in the leisure centre may be regulated by.
Legal Factors - there are a number of legal factors that influence work in a leisure centre and they are all in place to keep everyone safe and well and make sure that everyone follows the rules.
Duty of Care – under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 all employers and employees have a duty of care towards people whenever there is a potential risk of danger. The duty of care is a legal obligation to anyone who works with a group of people, for example teachers or coaches. However if the teachers and coaches have a duty of care then people above them, e.g. Headmaster …show more content…
It is the authority that parents would assign to another responsible adult who will be taking care of their child e.g. teacher or a coach. That person has the responsibility for that child for the amount of time they are with them and they have the same responsibilities for the child as the parents would. Therefore the teacher or coach has a legal obligation and duty of care to ensure that the child is kept as safe as possible.
People working in leisure centres who have been given loco parentis are able to provide the same standard of care as a parent would have. They are responsible for the health and safety of that person, before, during and after an activity and if the child has an accident and gets injured they are able to help and take them to hospital if needed.
Statutory Law - is a written law that has to be followed by everyone e.g. coaches, teachers, managers, pupils etc. If someone doesn 't follow these laws they will face charges. Statutory law ensures that health and safety is followed everywhere properly.
In a leisure centre if the levels of chlorine are not checked in the swimming pool on a regular basis then there is a risk that the chlorine levels will get too high and put people at risk of burns to their skin. Under the Statutory Law the leisure centre can be sued for …show more content…
Legal factors and regulatory bodies help minimise risk to members of the public by ensuring all workplaces meet the health and safety requirements.
In conclusion Legislation factors, Legal factors and regulatory bodies all work together to ensure that people are not in risk of danger and that all work places meet the health and safety requirements necessary. (Robson, 2016).
References
Barsby, Commons, Rizzo, Swales, Wood and Barker (2013) BTEC Level 2 First in Sports (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Assessing Risk in Sport: Regulatory Bodies (2016) http://assessingriskinsportnino.blogspot .co.uk/p/regulatory-bodies.html. [05/11/16].
(Assessing Risk in Sport: Legal Factors (2016) http://assessingriskinsportnino.blogspot.co.uk/p/legal-factors.html). [05/11/2016].
BBC – GSCE Bitesize (2016) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ participation /1_participation_socialcultural_rev6.shtml [05/11/2016].
HSE and Local Authorities (LA) regulators working together – HSE (2016) http://www. hse.gov.uk/lau/
Legal Factors - there are a number of legal factors that influence work in a leisure centre and they are all in place to keep everyone safe and well and make sure that everyone follows the rules.
Duty of Care – under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 all employers and employees have a duty of care towards people whenever there is a potential risk of danger. The duty of care is a legal obligation to anyone who works with a group of people, for example teachers or coaches. However if the teachers and coaches have a duty of care then people above them, e.g. Headmaster …show more content…
It is the authority that parents would assign to another responsible adult who will be taking care of their child e.g. teacher or a coach. That person has the responsibility for that child for the amount of time they are with them and they have the same responsibilities for the child as the parents would. Therefore the teacher or coach has a legal obligation and duty of care to ensure that the child is kept as safe as possible.
People working in leisure centres who have been given loco parentis are able to provide the same standard of care as a parent would have. They are responsible for the health and safety of that person, before, during and after an activity and if the child has an accident and gets injured they are able to help and take them to hospital if needed.
Statutory Law - is a written law that has to be followed by everyone e.g. coaches, teachers, managers, pupils etc. If someone doesn 't follow these laws they will face charges. Statutory law ensures that health and safety is followed everywhere properly.
In a leisure centre if the levels of chlorine are not checked in the swimming pool on a regular basis then there is a risk that the chlorine levels will get too high and put people at risk of burns to their skin. Under the Statutory Law the leisure centre can be sued for …show more content…
Legal factors and regulatory bodies help minimise risk to members of the public by ensuring all workplaces meet the health and safety requirements.
In conclusion Legislation factors, Legal factors and regulatory bodies all work together to ensure that people are not in risk of danger and that all work places meet the health and safety requirements necessary. (Robson, 2016).
References
Barsby, Commons, Rizzo, Swales, Wood and Barker (2013) BTEC Level 2 First in Sports (Second Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Assessing Risk in Sport: Regulatory Bodies (2016) http://assessingriskinsportnino.blogspot .co.uk/p/regulatory-bodies.html. [05/11/16].
(Assessing Risk in Sport: Legal Factors (2016) http://assessingriskinsportnino.blogspot.co.uk/p/legal-factors.html). [05/11/2016].
BBC – GSCE Bitesize (2016) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ participation /1_participation_socialcultural_rev6.shtml [05/11/2016].
HSE and Local Authorities (LA) regulators working together – HSE (2016) http://www. hse.gov.uk/lau/