The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority ( AALA ) is the licensing authority for outdoor activity centres for young people in Great Britain . Since 2007 it has been part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the government body charged with overseeing health and safety in all workplaces. AALA inspect and issue licences to providers. These licences give an assurance that, so far as is reasonably practicable, participants and employees can be 'safe'.
5-573: AALA may stand for: Adventure Activities Licensing Authority in the United Kingdom American Agricultural Law Association Australia-Asia Literary Award The Los Angeles division of the recovery group Alcoholics Anonymous Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-632: The parent company and the centre manager. The government initially resisted changing legislation until David Jamieson , the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport, who represented the parents of the children who died, introduced a Private Member's Bill which in January 1995 became the Activity Centres (Young Persons’ Safety) Act 1995. In January 1995 an independent licensing authority, the AALA,
15-475: The title AALA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AALA&oldid=745088848 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adventure Activities Licensing Authority The AALA
20-515: Was created following the Lyme Bay canoeing tragedy in March, 1993 which involved a commercial organisation assuming responsibility for children's safety. A group of eight pupils and their teacher were accompanied by two instructors from an outdoor centre on the south coast of England . As a result of a series of errors, four of the teenagers drowned. The subsequent trial resulted in the prosecution of
25-500: Was created to bring the act into reality. The activities within the scope of the licensing scheme are: On 15 October 2012, Lord Young of Graffham, recommended that the AALA be abolished and the existing statutory licensing regime be replaced by a code of practice. The January 2016 update from the AALA reported that "... responsibility for the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA)
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