S-3.1 - Act respecting safety in sports

Section 55.1 Disposition versions

1998-04-01

55.1. The Minister may, by regulation, prescribe standards to ensure the safety of Alpine skiers. For that purpose, the Minister may

(1)  establish the Alpine skiers’ code of conduct which shall deal, in particular, with the obligations of every person who practises Alpine skiing or any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes and with prohibited behaviour in the practice of those sports, and determine the places where the code, the rules of conduct and the sanctions must be posted;

(2)  determine the type and minimum amount of the liability insurance policy that the operator of an Alpine ski centre must hold;

(3)  determine the size of and layout standards for the first-aid room and the equipment it must contain;

(4)  determine the number of first-aid kits that must be kept at the disposal of the first-aid service, the places where they must be kept and the items they must contain;

(5)  determine the number and size of emergency toboggans that must be kept at the disposal of the first-aid service, the places where they must be kept and the items they must contain;

(6)  determine the first-aid equipment and means of communication with which a first-aid service must be equipped, the places where they must be located, their number and, in the case of items of equipment, their content;

(7)  determine the designation of levels of difficulty by means of which ski slopes must be identified;

(8)  determine the posters, signs, pictographs and charts which must be displayed on the premises of an Alpine ski centre and prescribe their content, form, colour, size and location and the size of the characters;

(9)  prescribe the content of the diagram of the ski slopes and ski lifts;

(10)  determine what constitutes an obstacle on a ski slope for the purpose of prescribing proper warning signs or signals;

(11)  prescribe standards relating to the use of vehicles on a ski slope while it is open to skiers and limit or, where advisable, prohibit the use of vehicles on slopes;

(12)  prescribe standards relating to the practice of a sport, other than Alpine skiing, that is intended to be practised on ski slopes and prohibit or limit the practice of a sport, other than Alpine skiing, that is intended to be practised on ski slopes;

(13)  prescribe standards as to the minimum age and the qualifications and training of first-aiders and of persons providing instruction in Alpine skiing or in any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes;

(14)  prescribe the form and content of the form provided for in section 46.8;

(15)  prescribe any other safety standard relating to the practice of Alpine skiing or of any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes, such as standards for the layout, lighting, maintenance and signalization of ski slopes.

1988, c. 26, s. 21; 1997, c. 79, s. 33.

1988-06-17

55.1. The board may, by regulation, prescribe standards to ensure the safety of Alpine skiers. For that purpose, it may

(1)  establish the Alpine skiers’ code of conduct which shall deal, in particular, with the obligations of every person who practises Alpine skiing or any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes and with prohibited behaviour in the practice of those sports, and determine the places where the code, the rules of conduct and the sanctions must be posted;

(2)  determine the type and minimum amount of the liability insurance policy that the operator of an Alpine ski centre must hold;

(3)  determine the size of and layout standards for the first-aid room and the equipment it must contain;

(4)  determine the number of first-aid kits that must be kept at the disposal of the first-aid service, the places where they must be kept and the items they must contain;

(5)  determine the number and size of emergency toboggans that must be kept at the disposal of the first-aid service, the places where they must be kept and the items they must contain;

(6)  determine the first-aid equipment and means of communication with which a first-aid service must be equipped, the places where they must be located, their number and, in the case of items of equipment, their content;

(7)  determine the designation of levels of difficulty by means of which ski slopes must be identified;

(8)  determine the posters, signs, pictographs and charts which must be displayed on the premises of an Alpine ski centre and prescribe their content, form, colour, size and location and the size of the characters;

(9)  prescribe the content of the diagram of the ski slopes and ski lifts;

(10)  determine what constitutes an obstacle on a ski slope for the purpose of prescribing proper warning signs or signals;

(11)  prescribe standards relating to the use of vehicles on a ski slope while it is open to skiers and limit or, where advisable, prohibit the use of vehicles on slopes;

(12)  prescribe standards relating to the practice of a sport, other than Alpine skiing, that is intended to be practised on ski slopes and prohibit or limit the practice of a sport, other than Alpine skiing, that is intended to be practised on ski slopes;

(13)  prescribe standards as to the minimum age and the qualifications and training of first-aiders and of persons providing instruction in Alpine skiing or in any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes;

(14)  prescribe the form and content of the form provided for in section 46.8;

(15)  prescribe any other safety standard relating to the practice of Alpine skiing or of any other sport intended to be practised on ski slopes, such as standards for the layout, lighting, maintenance and signalization of ski slopes.

1988, c. 26, s. 21.