Originally Posted by
Danno
Wayne things ARE that simple, if you have assessed someone as being safe around the horses and have records to prove it, then that will carry MORE weight when the lawyers roll in than the current situation where someone pays a fee and gets a "licence" to be a strapper without actually being assessed as capable.
Part of the problem is people are making decisions about how to defend themselves in law without actually having much knowledge of how the law works in practical situations. In short, they are operating on "fear" and it's amazing how many followers they get who are also operating on that emotion. Safety in numbers perhaps? or at least a false sense of safety, which is often sufficient for many people.
As for the heavy handed over reach of some regulators.....happens all the time when you give people more responsibility than they are capable of.