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CD286 - Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA): Questionnaire response form
Confidentiality
1.Do you want your comments made publicly available? Please note this takes precedence over any automatic notes on emails that indicate that the content is confidential.
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Yes
☐No
About you
2.Name:
3.Email:
4.Street address:
5.Town / City:
6.Postcode:
7.Telephone:
8.Organisation:
9.Are you a user or a provider of adventure activities?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐A provider of adventure activities
☐A user of adventure activities
☐Other
If you have selected other, please provide more details below:
10.In what capacity are you responding to this consultation?
☐Individual
☐Organisation
☐Other
Please specify if you have selected organisation:
Activities, licensing and inspections
11.How many people are employed within your organisation (across all sites)?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐0
☐1-4
☐5-9
☐10-19
☐20-49
☐50-99
☐100-249
☐250+
☐N/A
12.Where is your organisation primarily based?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐England
☐Scotland
☐Wales
☐Northern Ireland
13. If you have a license, is it:
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐1 Year
☐2 Years
☐3 Years
☐N/A
14.What activities do you provide that are currently in scope of AALA?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Caving
☐Climbing
☐Water-sports
☐Trekking
☐N/A
15.Approximately how many man-hours did it take to fill in your first application for a licence?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Less than a day
☐Around a day
☐Between 1 and 2 days
☐Around 2 days
☐More than 2 days (please specify below)
☐N/A
16.How many man-hours does it take to deal with an inspection? Please consider any time you spend before, during and after the inspection. Please do not count the duration of the inspection where it does not interfere with your normal business.
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Less than one hour
☐Between one and two hours
☐More than two but less than four hours
☐More than four but less than six hours
☐Six hours or more (please specify below)
☐N/A
17.Do you currently have a membership for a voluntary accreditation scheme for adventure activities?
Please select one option.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
If yes, please list here:
Thinking about the options proposed
18.Is option1 (i.e. retain the AALR regulations and current licensing scheme underpinned by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and increase fees) acceptable to you?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
19.Is option 2 (i.e. retain the AALR regulations and current licensing scheme underpinned by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, increase fees and extend the activities in-scope) acceptable to you?
Please select one option. You must provide an answer to this question.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
20.Is option 3 (i.e. removal of the AALR regulations and move to an industry-led; not-for-profit accreditation scheme underpinned by the Health and Safety at work etc. Act 1974, to provide assurance to users of outdoor activities) acceptable to you?
Please select one option.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
21.Option 1: Do you agree with a proposal to return to the original method of calculating fees where there was a charge for the license itself, plus an administration fee and a charge per hour for inspection?
Please select one option.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
22.Option 1:If the fee rose from £715 to £1500 over a period of say ten years would you continue to provide activities in scope of AALA?
Please select one option.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
23. Option 2: Would you be in favour of extending the scope of licencing by removing some of the current exemptions and adding to existing categories?
Please select one option
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
24. Option 3: (Providers) If the AALR regulations were removed would you sign up to an industry- led assurance scheme as described above?
Please select one option.
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
25. Option 3: (Users) If the AALR regulations were removed would you use adventure activity providers who were accredited by the industry- led scheme?
Please select one option:
☐Yes
☐No
☐N/A
Please explain your answer:
26. Do you have any other comments to make on the options?
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