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Amendment No. 23, in page 2, line 17, leave out 'whether or not' and insert 'if'.

Amendment No. 24, in page 2, line 17, after 'is', insert 'not'.

Amendment No. 25, in page 2, line 17, leave out from end to end of line 26.

 
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Amendment No. 148, in page 2, leave out lines 18 to 26.

Amendment No. 35, in page 2, line 20, leave out 'whether or not in' and insert 'outside a'.

Amendment No. 34, in page 2, line 21, leave out from 'gain;' to end of line 26.

Amendment No. 130, in page 2, line 22, leave out 'services' and insert 'activities'.

Amendment No. 36, in page 2, line 24, leave out paragraph (b).

Amendment No. 37, in page 2, line 24, leave out 'school or'.

Amendment No. 38, in page 2, line 25, leave out 'school'.

Amendment No. 149, in page 2, line 26, at end insert—

'(2)   In this section—

(a)   references to payment are to payment in money or money's worth, and

(b)   references to anything being provided unpaid, or without payment, are to its being provided without payment or any expectation of payment.

For this purpose the reimbursement of reasonable and proper expenses does not count as payment.'.

Amendment No. 140, in page 2, line 27, leave out Clause 2.

Amendment No. 150, in page 2, line 28 [Clause 2], leave out subsection (1) and insert—

'(   )   This Act applies to—

(a)   volunteers,

(b)   voluntary organisations, and

(c)   employees.

(   )   A person to whom this Act applies may present to an individual who is to undertake an activity provided—

(a)   by that person, or

(b)   in the case of a volunteer or employee, by the voluntary organisation concerned,

a statement (a "statement of inherent risk") setting out the principal risks inherent in the activity.'.

Amendment No. 41, in page 2, line 28, leave out

'employee, voluntary body or voluntary organisation'.

Amendment No. 121, in page 2, line 28, leave out 'may' and insert 'must:—

(a)   have undergone suitable training

(b)   currently hold qualifications to supervise the activity

(c)   carry insurance in respect of the activity'.

Amendment No. 39, in page 2, line 29, after 'person', insert

'or in the event the person is under the age of 16, in person to his parent or guardian)'.

Amendment No. 40, in page 2, line 30, leave out

'administered or managed by or'.

Amendment No. 42, in page 2, line 30, leave out from 'volunteer' to 'body' in line 32.

Amendment No. 122, in page 2, line 33, leave out 'the principal' and insert 'all the'.

Amendment No. 43, in page 2, line 33, leave out 'principal'.

Amendment No. 123, in page 2, line 33, leave out 'inherent to' and add 'associated with'.

 
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Amendment No. 44, in page 2, line 35, after 'personal', insert 'or psychological'.

Amendment No. 124, in page 2, line 37, leave out 'likely to be' and insert 'which may'.

Amendment No. 125, in page 2, line 38, leave out from 'activity' to end of line.

Amendment No. 138, in page 2, line 38, leave out 'but need not' and insert 'and shall'.

Amendment No. 151, in page 2, line 39, leave out ', voluntary body'.

Amendment No. 46, in page 2, line 41, after 'criminal', insert 'or civil'.

Amendment No. 126, in page 2, line 42, leave out 'not apply to' and insert 'not be permissible for'.

Amendment No. 152, in page 2, line 43, leave out from beginning to end of line 47 and insert—

'(i)   an activity which a school obliges a child to undertake, if no alternative is offered, or

(ii)   any other activity which the person concerned is obliged to undertake in performance of contractual obligations, in the course of his employment or for other reasons.'.

Amendment No. 127, in page 2, line 46, leave out 'school' and insert 'any educational'.

Amendment No. 119, in page 2, line 46, leave out 'obliged' and insert 'invited'.

Amendment No. 120, in page 2, line 47, at end insert—

'(iii)   any period when the participant is being carried in a vehicle on a public highway

(iv)   any activity to which the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies'.

Amendment No. 114, in page 2, line 48, leave out 'indicate' and insert 'state'.

Amendment No. 115, in page 2, line 49, after 'by', insert

'and the relevant experience of'.

Amendment No. 48, in page 2, line 50, at end insert—

'(aa)   the relevant qualifications expected for supervisors of such activities by any professional, sporting or other umbrella organisations with recognised experience in the field, or of which the voluntary organisation or voluntary body is a member'.

Amendment No. 49, in page 2, line 50, at end insert—

'(aa)   whether a risk assessment of the activities has been carried out and if so on what date and by whom;'.

Amendment No. 50, in page 2, line 50, at end insert—

'(aa)   whether a safety inspection of any premises or land involved in the activities has been carried out and if so on what date, by whom, and in the case of outside activities, under what weather and light conditions the inspection was carried out'.

Amendment No. 51, in page 2, line 50, at end insert—

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