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
- 8
- Journeys
- 2
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Step-by-step routes through what sports & leisure businesses must do.
Ranked by how thoroughly each journey maps this sector's guidance.
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
The 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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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
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
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Act
National Lottery Act 1993 (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.