Health and safety

Landholders' obligations to recreational visitors

The law enables landholders to grant access to recreational visitors. They are still obliged to warn visitors of risks that they wouldn’t normally expect.

Visitors who pay for access

If a landholder is charging a fee for access, an activity that might have been purely recreational, such as access to a fishing spot, becomes a workplace activity.

A duty to warn people about hazards

A flowchart outlining the health and safety responsibilities of farmers to recreational visitors

Staying safe in the outdoors