INSPECTIONS OF PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS
Regulation No 18 issued by the Cabinet of Ministers Regarding Playgrounds and Recreational Areas approved on 07.01.2020 and effective from 17.01.2020.
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PROCESS OF THE INSPECTION
1. WHAT IS A PLAYGROUND?
It is area equipped with the facilities and equipment for playing or other activities the structural bearing of which remains stationary during the activity and which is intended for climbing, jumping, swinging, sliding, spinning, crawling, slithering, for the performance of any combination of these activities, or for the performance of activities for retaining or improving one's physical or intellectual abilities, and where more than four facilities for playing or other activities are installed.
2. WHAT FACILITIES ARE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION?
- Sandbox
- Swing
- Slide
- Cableway
- Carousel
- Swing equipment (spring swing, teeter-totter etc.)
- Spatial network
- Fully enclosed playing equipment
- Complex playing equipment
- Trampoline
- Climbing equipment
- Parkour equipment
- Gymnastics equipment
- Fitness equipment
- Equipment for rollerblading sports structures
- Artificial climbing structure
- Free-access sports tool (equipment for sports: badminton, basketball, football, etc.)
3. TYPES AND FRQUENCY OF INSPECTIONS
A regular visual inspection,which is performed according to the load, specific character, and potential risks of the area and in which the general condition of the equipment, its parts, and the surfacing of the area are inspected and defects and obvious hazards which have been caused by the damaging of the property, the conditions of use, or the weather conditions are established.
A service inspection,which is performed not less than four times a year and in which the defects, the operation of the equipment, the wear, depreciation, and stability of various kind due to excessive movements are studied detail.
The annual principal inspection,which is performed not less than once a year and in which the general safety level of the equipment and area is determined (determining the general safety level of the equipment, the base, and the surfacing), the functionality and stability of the equipment are inspected and a risk assessment is performed.
A post-installation inspection,which is performed before putting of the public playground and recreational area into service or, if it must not be put into service, before the opening thereof for public use. The post-installation inspection is also performed if any of the equipment for playing or other activities is replaced, upon significantly rearranging or developing the public playground and recreational area and thus upgrading it to conformity with the requirements for a playground. Prior to the performance of the post-installation inspection the possessor of the public playground and recreational area shall ensure the non-accessibility of the area or the relevant equipment for use.
4. WHO PERFORMS THE INSPECTION
The post-installation inspection of public playgrounds and recreational areas and the equipment or other activity equipment installed therein shall be performed by an independent inspector who is not the possessor, manufacturer, importer, distributor or otherwise involved in the design, development or production of the playground and playgrounds or other activity equipment installed therein. , delivery, installation, maintenance. It is accredited by the national accreditation body.
5. REGULATION DOES NOT APPLY TO
1) the equipment intended for the use in domestic environment
2) inflatable play equipment
3) rope course equipment
4) public amusement equipment
5) water amusement equipment
6) equipment to be used under competent supervision
