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<p>The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004 require persons providing facilities
for adventure activities in return for payment to hold a licence granted by the licensing
authority in accordance with the regulations. Persons are not required to hold a licence
where facilities are provided by a voluntary association to its members or members
of other voluntary associations by agreement between the associations. Since 2007
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been the licensing authority for the regulations.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2018 HSE consulted stakeholders as part of a review of the delivery and
scope of adventure activity licensing. In preparation for that consultation HSE considered
and decided against extending licensing to include exempt persons such as voluntary
organisations. This was on the basis that:</p><ol><li>The financial burden on schools,
local authorities and voluntary organisations would have created a risk that services
would be cut thereby reducing provision of adventure activities for young people which
would have been contrary to the purpose of the review.</li><li>The inspectorate at
the time would not have been able to cope with the demand for licenses such a change
would have created.</li></ol>
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