Planning and Development Act 2024

General obligations with regard to funfairs

491. (1) A person who organises a funfair or owns fairground equipment that is used at a funfair shall take such care as is reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that members of the public who are on the land in connection with the funfair concerned do not suffer injury or damage by reason of any danger arising out of the funfair or associated activities, having regard to—

(a) the care that a member of the public who is attending the funfair may reasonably be expected to take for his or her own safety, and

(b) the extent of the supervision and control that may be exercised by a member of the public over the activities of another member of the public where such members of the public are attending the funfair in each other’s company.

(2) It shall be the duty of every person being on the land in connection with a funfair to conduct himself or herself in such a way as to ensure that, as far as is reasonably practicable, any person on the land is not exposed to danger as a consequence of any act or omission of his or hers.