In his report published on 15 October, Lord Young of Graffham, recommended that the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) be abolished and the existing statutory licensing regime be replaced by a code of practice.
The AALA recognises that this recommendation will cause uncertainty in the adventure activities sector. This recommendation will take some time to implement and in the meantime, the existing licensing regime remains in place and providers should continue to apply for or renew their licenses as appropriate for the time being. The Adventure Activities Licensing Service (AALS) inspection and licensing activities will continue as normal for now.
The AALA will be contacting sector stakeholders shortly to discuss the development of the code of practice. The AALA will be consulting on the arrangements for the transition to the new arrangements. We will place further information on the AALA website as it becomes available.
25/10/2010