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Fairground equipment certificate of safety
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487. (1) Subject to any regulations made under paragraph (b) of subsection (3), a person who organises a funfair or owns fairground equipment shall not make available for use by the public any fairground equipment unless a valid certificate of safety has been granted in respect of the equipment in accordance with regulations made under subsection (2).
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(2) The Minister shall make regulations in respect of applications for, and the grant of, a certificate of safety for fairground equipment (in this Part referred to as a “certificate of safety”), which regulations may prescribe any or all of the following:
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(a) the form and manner in which an application for a certificate of safety is to be made;
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(b) the documents and supporting information necessary to accompany an application for a certificate of safety;
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(c) the fee (if any) that is to accompany an application for a certificate of safety;
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(d) the class or classes of persons who are entitled to grant certificates of safety;
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(e) the matters to be taken into account by the persons referred to in paragraph (d) in determining whether or not to grant a certificate of safety;
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(f) the technical and safety standards applicable to the examination of fairground equipment, that shall be used by the persons referred to in paragraph (d) in determining whether or not to grant a certificate of safety;
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(g) the procedure to be followed by the persons referred to in paragraph (d) following a determination of whether or not to grant a certificate of safety;
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(h) the period of validity of a certificate of safety;
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(i) any other matter that the Minister considers to be necessary or expedient in relation to an application for, or the grant of, a certificate of safety.
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(3) The Minister may, having regard to the interests of public safety, prescribe—
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(a) fairground equipment or a class of fairground equipment for the purposes of this Part, or
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(b) a class of fairground equipment that is to be exempt for the purposes of this Part.
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(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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