DRAFT Health and Safety Purpose and Scope The purpose of this document is to provide information to ESNZ Organizing Committees from which they can develop their own Health and Safety Policy, a Risk Management Plan, and a Crisis Management Procedure. Resources 1.Risk Management of Events. Sport & Recreation New Zealand (also available on ESNZ website, Resources/Health & Safety) Equestrian Sports New Zealand/About/Rules & Gen Regs 2014 p 36: Risk Management, Health & Safety: Article 149 Health & Safety at Events ESNZ/Eventing/Resources/Event Organizer’s Information/Pre Event/ Crisis Management Plan Template ESNZ Eventing /Resources/Event Organizer’s Information/Miscellaneous/Safety at Eventing Competitions Health and Safety Address. Anna Sage, Sport NZ at ESNZ AGA 2015 The Health & Safety Work Act 2015 (replaces the Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992), which was passed into law on 4 September 2015. Some aspects of the Act came into force that day; the majority came into force on 4 April 2016 FEI Eventing Rules 500.23 (Requirement for a National Safety Officer) & Chapter 6, 523. FEI General Regs. Chapter 6, Article 140 FEI general Regs, FEI Mandatory medical Guidelines for Organisers, Article 109.10 (Gen Regs) Information for Volunteers Pro forma Health and Safety Policy document, for event office and programme: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Organising Committee Briefing Guidelines: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Event waiver template for entry forms: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Example of hazards, equestrian events: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Health ad Safety overview chart of tasks for organising committees: ESNZ/Safety/H&S Overview Chart Background The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSW) was introduced in its entirety in April 2016. This Act creates the concept of a “Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking” called a PCBU. This includes all businesses or undertakings regardless of whether they are operating for profit or gain. Consequently, the ESNZ is now considered a PCBU with the responsibility for developing a policy and managing health and safety. OCs on the other hand, are not PCBUs (unless they employ someone e.g. a secretary for 10 hours every week) but under the umbrella of the ESNZ they must undertake due diligence to ensure they are aware of health and safety, ensure compliance by understanding and
DRAFT Health and Safety Purpose and Scope The purpose of this document is to provide information to ESNZ Organizing Committees from which they can develop their own Health and Safety Policy, a Risk Management Plan, and a Crisis Management Procedure. Resources 1.Risk Management of Events. Sport & Recreation New Zealand (also available on ESNZ website, Resources/Health & Safety) Equestrian Sports New Zealand/About/Rules & Gen Regs 2014 p 36: Risk Management, Health & Safety: Article 149 Health & Safety at Events ESNZ/Eventing/Resources/Event Organizer’s Information/Pre Event/ Crisis Management Plan Template ESNZ Eventing /Resources/Event Organizer’s Information/Miscellaneous/Safety at Eventing Competitions Health and Safety Address. Anna Sage, Sport NZ at ESNZ AGA 2015 The Health & Safety Work Act 2015 (replaces the Health & Safety in Employment Act 1992), which was passed into law on 4 September 2015. Some aspects of the Act came into force that day; the majority came into force on 4 April 2016 FEI Eventing Rules 500.23 (Requirement for a National Safety Officer) & Chapter 6, 523. FEI General Regs. Chapter 6, Article 140 FEI general Regs, FEI Mandatory medical Guidelines for Organisers, Article 109.10 (Gen Regs) Information for Volunteers Pro forma Health and Safety Policy document, for event office and programme: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Organising Committee Briefing Guidelines: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Event waiver template for entry forms: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Example of hazards, equestrian events: ESNZ Safety/Health and Safety Health ad Safety overview chart of tasks for organising committees: ESNZ/Safety/H&S Overview Chart Background The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSW) was introduced in its entirety in April 2016. This Act creates the concept of a “Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking” called a PCBU. This includes all businesses or undertakings regardless of whether they are operating for profit or gain. Consequently, the ESNZ is now considered a PCBU with the responsibility for developing a policy and managing health and safety. OCs on the other hand, are not PCBUs (unless they employ someone e.g. a secretary for 10 hours every week) but under the umbrella of the ESNZ they must undertake due diligence to ensure they are aware of health and safety, ensure compliance by understanding and
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