If your shoot has five or more employees at any one time it is a legal requirement to have a health and safety policy in place. If you don’t have one, you may be liable to criminal prosecution, which, in turn, can lead to a significant fine and/or imprisonment.
Even if the shoot does not have employees, it still makes sense to document and assess potential risks. Have a policy in place in case of accidents to:
Greater safety consciousness will reduce accidents. No one wants their day spoilt by an avoidable accident.
For assistance with fieldsports health and safety, risk assessments, visits and discussion with your team, please contact Peter Marshall on 01244 573 063 or email.
The Act amends s.33 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, to raise the maximum penalty the lower courts can issue from £5,000 to £20,000. It also allows some offences, previously limited to the lower courts, to be tried in higher courts. Those have the power to pass stiffer – often unlimited – penalties. Therefore, it makes a custodial sentence an option for a wider range of such offences. The Act doesn’t impose any additional legal duties.
Rodenticides Rodenticides Rats predate both wildlife and livestock and often carry diseases, which can harm people and animals, damage buildings and equipment and can contaminate foodstuffs. To control them is an ongoing battle that uses a wide variety of legal methods and rodenticides. When dealing with a rat problem, it
Quarry Identification Guide The pocket quarry identification guide is currently under review, please check back. Identifying your quarry is only one aspect of good shooting practice. There are many contributory factors, and understanding and applying them in the shooting field is very important, for several reasons.They will increase your success
Covid-19 has dramatically impacted all our lives. Since the beginning of the first lockdown the government has provided a series of financial support schemes to help businesses and individuals overcome loss of work and income.
