HSE (opens in a new tab)
Workplace health, safety, and welfare regulation across all industries. Enforces the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and related regulations. Investigates serious incidents …
Enforces 4 Acts this sector relies on.
Sector
Sports & Leisure
Gyms, sports clubs, leisure centres, events and recreation businesses.
- Guides
- 9
- Regulators
- 9
- Legislation
- 10
- Journeys
- 2
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Step-by-step routes through what sports & leisure businesses must do.
Curated by what's changing, what's most consequential, and where things go wrong.
Changing now
Expected in force 2027
Prepare your venue for Martyn's Law
Venues with 200+ capacity get counter-terrorism protect duties — prepare before commencement
New to the sectorSet up a sports, amusement and recreation business
Set-up route for sports and recreation businesses
Also surfaceSet up a gambling or betting business
Gambling Commission licensing for betting and gaming
Who regulates you
See all 9The bodies that set rules and enforce compliance for sports & leisure.
Ranked by how much of the legislation this sector's guides cite each one enforces.
Gambling Commission (opens in a new tab)
Regulates gambling in Great Britain. Issues operating and premises licences. Protects vulnerable people and ensures fair gambling.
Enforces 3 Acts this sector relies on.
Local Authority (opens in a new tab)
Local councils enforce food safety (via Environmental Health Officers), issue alcohol licences, grant planning permission, and regulate certain business activities at local level. Responsibilities …
Enforces 3 Acts this sector relies on.
SRA (opens in a new tab)
Regulates solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. Sets standards, authorises firms, investigates misconduct, and can impose sanctions including fines and strike-off from …
Enforces 3 Acts this sector relies on.
CIW (opens in a new tab)
Registers and inspects social care and childcare services in Wales. Regulates care homes, domiciliary care, children's homes, and childminders.
Enforces 2 Acts this sector relies on.
Fire and Rescue Authority (opens in a new tab)
Local fire and rescue services enforce the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales. Conduct fire safety inspections of business premises, …
Enforces 2 Acts this sector relies on.
Key legislation
See all 10The Acts and statutory instruments that set duties for this sector.
Ranked by how many of this sector's guides cite each — the legislation most central to the sector appears first.
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Act
Gambling Act 2005 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 6 of this sector's guides
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SI
Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds… (opens in a new tab) Cited by 2 of this sector's guides
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Act
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 2 of this sector's guides
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Act
Licensing Act 2003 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 2 of this sector's guides
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Act
Activity Centres (Young Persons’ Safety) Act 1995 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 2 of this sector's guides
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Act
Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 2 of this sector's guides
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Act
Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 1 of this sector's guide
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Act
Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 (opens in a new tab) Cited by 1 of this sector's guide
All guidance for sports & leisure
9 guides for this sector.
Grouped by topic area, with the topic holding the most guidance first; within each, the most comprehensive guides lead.
Compliance & Legal
8 guides
- Meet your sports, amusement and recreation regulatory duties If you serve alcohol or host regulated entertainment, operate a sports ground, run a swimming pool, coach children, operate fairground …
- Set up and run a safe gambling business Whether you run a betting shop, casino, bingo hall, adult gaming centre or online gambling platform, you must manage the …
- Set up and run a safe sports, amusement and recreation business Whatever sports, amusement or recreation business you operate — a gym, a swimming pool, a theme park, a fairground, an …
- Meet your gambling licensing and regulatory duties Providing gambling facilities in Great Britain requires a Gambling Commission operating licence, personal licences for key staff, and — if …
- Sports, amusement and recreation compliance checklist Use this checklist to confirm you have met every regulatory obligation that applies to your sports, amusement or recreation business …
- Gambling and betting compliance checklist Use this checklist to confirm you have met every regulatory obligation that applies to your gambling or betting business — …
- Which gambling and betting regulations apply to your business Gambling and betting businesses — bookmakers, casinos, bingo halls, adult gaming centres, online gambling operators and lottery managers — share …
- Which sports, amusement and recreation regulations apply to your business Sports clubs, gyms, swimming pools, theme parks, fairgrounds, adventure activity providers and amusement arcades share the same workplace safety foundation, …
Subsectors
SIC 2007 divisions covered by this sector.