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<p>The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely
paramount. It is for individual sports clubs to carry out risk assessments and put
in place mitigations that will improve player safety.</p><p>Sport England, the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport arm's length body for grassroots sport, is not a regulator
of community sport but does provide guidance to help sports clubs carry out risk assessments,
as do national governing bodies of sport.</p><p>For each new sports facility built,
there is a legal obligation shared between developers, designers and contractors to
promote health and safety. This applies throughout the entire project cycle from design
and construction through to operation, maintenance and demolition. This obligation
is given in the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations - <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm"
target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm</a>. Any breach
of these regulations is a criminal offence.</p><p>In addition, Sections 2 and 3 of
the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 outline ongoing duties to protect workers and
members of the public from risk.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive and others,
including the Energy Networks Association, have also produced guidance in relation
to safety around overhead lines.</p><p> </p>
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