I have not thought about any of the implications for the Occupiers’ Liability Act and things like that at all. I am looking at the matter purely from the point of view of adventure and risky sports and training. This amendment worries me quite considerably. Different children mature at different rates. If they are brought up in the countryside or near a cliff face they will have completely different capabilities and awareness of danger. I do not think that it goes with age at all. I would be very worried if this read across into adventure training, as you might classify it, from what clearly it is intended to cover, which is a completely different circumstance. Though there may be merit somewhere, I do not think that there is merit when it applies to adventure training and educational trips.
Compensation Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Earl of Erroll
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 15 December 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Compensation Bill [HL].
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