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Parts of my school sit on former quarries. So there are a few rock walls around the place, largely bordering playing fields. A couple of these have traditionally been used by climbers and the school has a relationship with the local mountaineering club.
In the wake of the new health and safety act, the Board has sought legal advice re the climbing walls. The upshot of that is that the walls are now closed and fencing hired to close them off. The community has lost a popular asset over this ridiculous piece of legislation. The climbers are hardly at work when they climb, but it affects them anyway, because it happens to be a workplace for other people. Madness.My blog. From personal experience.
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You've lost me, so I'm going for 'no.'My blog. From personal experience.
http://statehousinginnz.wordpress.com/
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Originally posted by sidinz View PostParts of my school sit on former quarries. So there are a few rock walls around the place, largely bordering playing fields. A couple of these have traditionally been used by climbers and the school has a relationship with the local mountaineering club.
In the wake of the new health and safety act, the Board has sought legal advice re the climbing walls. The upshot of that is that the walls are now closed and fencing hired to close them off. The community has lost a popular asset over this ridiculous piece of legislation. The climbers are hardly at work when they climb, but it affects them anyway, because it happens to be a workplace for other people. Madness.
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doesn't matter if it makes sense
what matters i,s does the legislation allow prosecution of 1 party
if they are deemed from not doing enough
to stop stupid people hurting themselves on property they own/control
personally i think should mean that dog attack owners be fined $5000
per bite
if the attack happens on their property
$10,000 per bite on public property
Last edited by eri; 23-06-2017, 01:36 PM.have you defeated them?
your demons
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Problem with that concept Eri is that imposing such a fine is one thing, actually extracting the money is quite another.
As with feral tenants, they just stand there and stare the law down.
And, of course, if Nick Smith is involved he wouldn't want one unfortunate 'mistake' by a dog owner to result in 'unreasonable punishment' - just as he doesn't want an 'unfortunate mistake' by a tenant which results in accidential damage to my property to result in 'unreasonable punishment'. Only a Landlord shpould have to suffer like that.
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Agree that a partial amputation of a finger is a big deal and should never happen but read on... the other lost time incidents are comical...
This world has gone crazy... a lost time incident because a spanned slipped and the person got a cut on their hand!!! WTF
And another one where someone dropped something and it hit their ankle and they went OUCH - had to sit down for a little while and rub their ankle!!
Next we'll be taking time off for a shaving cut and having to document it.
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