How to meet your duty of care responsibilities.
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This guideline focuses on the legislation that exists to ensure the safety, health and welfare of young people who participate in junior sport.
It does not cover the legislation applying to the administration of junior sport (e.g. tax law, corporations law, stamp duty).
The law related to the welfare of juniors emphasises the serious obligations for anybody taking responsibility for providing them with activities and/or care.
To meet your 'duty of care' to young people in sport you need to:
- be aware of the underlying legal issues relevant to the provision of sport
- put safeguards in place
This protects both you and your participants. It is also in line with having a best practice organisation.
Vicarious liability
When anyone in a sports organisation breaches duty of care, there may be repercussions for the principals of the organisation.
Senior Managers can be vicariously liable for offences committed by anyone in the organisation including volunteers.
To reduce the risk of negligence by sport providers, managers should regularly monitor their staff and programs.
