Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Miscellaneous
68. Protection from liability
Feedback & supportNo liability shall lie against the Commissioner, any enforcement officer or any employee of the Authority by reason of the fact that any installation works, modification works or relocation works are or are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or that any amusement ride or the design and specifications, proposed installation method and programme or proposed modification method and programme or any installation works, modification works or relocation works relating to such amusement ride are subject to inspection, alteration or approval by the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Amusement Rides Safety appointed under section 3(1);
Nothing in this Act makes it obligatory for the Commissioner, an enforcement officer or an employee of the Authority to inspect any amusement ride or any installation works, modification works or relocation works relating thereto, or the premises on which an amusement ride has been or is being installed, modified, relocated or operated, to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are complied with or whether any design and specifications, proposed installation method and programme, proposed modification method and programme, certificate, notice or other document submitted to the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority concerning the amusement ride are accurate or otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Act.
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any person appointed under section 3(3) to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of this Act;
No matter or thing done by the Commissioner, an enforcement officer or an employee of the Authority shall, if it were done in good faith for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, subject the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.
Where the Commissioner provides any information to any person in respect of any amusement ride or any works or matter in relation to an amusement ride by electronic or other means, neither the Commissioner nor any enforcement officer or employee of the Authority shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission of whatever nature or howsoever caused, including any defect or breakdown in the electronic equipment used for providing the information, if the error or omission had been made in good faith and in the ordinary course of duties of the Commissioner, enforcement officer or employee of the Authority.
amusement ride
“amusement ride” means any mechanised or power‑driven device or any combination of such devices, together with any machinery, equipment and plant connected thereto or used in connection therewith, which —(a)is designed to carry patrons on, along, around, over or through a fixed or restricted course, or within a defined area, for the primary purpose of giving those patrons amusement, pleasure, thrills or excitement; and(b)is available for use by members of the public upon their payment of a fee or otherwise,whether or not that device or combination of devices is erected to remain as a lasting part of any premises or is regularly relocated, and —(c)includes such other device or combination of devices as may be prescribed to be an amusement ride for the purposes of this Act; but(d)does not include any —(i)coin-operated ride;(ii)playground equipment; or(iii)device or combination of devices which is prescribed as not being an amusement ride for the purposes of this Act;