Rules for Community Facilities

Management Rules for Community Facilities

North Lanarkshire Council (hereinafter referred to as 'the Council') by virtue of the powers conferred on them by Section 112 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 hereby make the following Management Rules to regulate the use of and conduct of persons while in the Council's facilities, premises or land, owned or occupied or managed by the Council or otherwise under their control to which the public have access whether on payment or otherwise. The Supplementary Management Rules for Public Libraries, Public Parks, Country Parks and Burial Grounds, Public Sports Facilities, Museums and Heritage Sites, Civic Amenity Sites, Landfill Sites and Cleansing Depots, should be read in conjunction with these Management Rules.
Interpretation
The provisions of the Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply to the interpretation of these Management Rules as they apply to the interpretations of an Act of Parliament.

'Executive Director' – means the Executive Director of Environmental Services (or the officer holding any position of a similar nature) of the Council for the time being or any duly designated officer of the Council staff representing him/her or acting on his/her behalf

'Facility' – means and includes any:

Park – any land for the purpose of recreation games, sports or amusements or as a public playground, public open space, public walkway, nursery, ornamental or pleasure ground, public place or resort or recreation or public garden or Local Nature Reserve or Burial Ground and includes any buildings situated thereon, owned by, leased by, occupied by or under the control of the Council situated within North Lanarkshire.

Sports Facility – sports centre, sports hall, leisure centre, swimming pool or other similar premises or facility

Library – every public library including mobile library

Community Facility – every Community Centre, Community Education Centre, School, Area Office, Senior Citizen Centre, OAP Hut or similar premises owned by or leased from the Council

Venues & Community Arts Facilities – concert hall, theatre or community arts facility used for performances, events or participatory arts activities

Museums – every museum and heritage facility

Cleansing Services – all civic amenity sites, cleansing depots and landfill sites

Careers Service – career advice and guidance offices operating in North Lanarkshire

Transport Services– all MOT testing bays, tail-lift testing sites and taxi conformance testing areas

Public Toilets – all public conveniences, supervised and unsupervised.

Office/Reception Areas – areas where members of the public are received and/or reservations made.

The above includes all landscaped areas, footways or car parks and other land associated with or used in conjunction with any other facility as defined in these Management Rules.
1.
Nothing in these Management Rules shall interfere with or prevent the execution of any duties of the Executive Director and any act of the Executive Director necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties shall not be deemed or considered to be in contravention of these Management Rules.
2.
No person shall enter or leave any facility except by way of the duly appointed entrance or exits.
3.
No person shall enter an "Unauthorised Area" except with the prior consent of the Executive Director.
4.
No person shall enter or wilfully remain within any facility when such facility is closed to the public.
5.
No person shall enter or use a changing room, locker or shower in a facility except for that specific purpose and no persons shall loiter in or at any passageway, access point, entrance, exit or changing room in a facility.
6.
No person shall, except with the permission of the Executive Director, remain in or use a facility when asked to leave by the Executive Director, whether in the event of an emergency or otherwise.
7.
Except where the supplementary management rules provides to the contrary, no person under the age of sixteen years of age shall be permitted or allowed to enter, remain in or use a facility (or any part thereof) unsupervised except for the purpose of engaging in an official and authorised event or activity.
8.
The Executive Director reserves the right to refuse entry to any person entering a facility.
9.
No person shall be permitted to use any facility without prior payment of the appropriate charge or ticket where applicable. Any special discount card (including Passport to Leisure) shall be produced and exhibited before entry and no person shall supply false particulars for the purposes of obtaining any such discount cards.
10.
No person shall, except with the permission of the Executive Director, engage in any event or activity in a facility unless wearing or using the equipment and clothing appropriate to that event or activity.
11.
All gangways, doorways, stairways, entrances, exits and emergency exits shall be kept clear and unobstructed at all times.
12.
No person under the age of 16 years of age will be admitted to any event/production that the Executive Director deems to be unsuitable in any way.
13.
The Executive Director reserves the right to refuse entry to any person whom he/she considers does not meet the minimum age requirement of a film's legal certification showing at any facility or in any licensed premises in a facility.
14.
No part of a facility shall, except with the consent of the Executive Director, be used by any persons other than for the purpose which it is specifically designed or adapted for use. No equipment, furniture, fittings or other contents of a facility shall be used otherwise than in accordance with the instruction of the Executive Director and no person shall cause or permit any unauthorised use of any equipment, furniture, fittings or other contents.
15.
No person, without the consent of the Executive Director, shall deposit or leave or cause to suffer or fall or to be deposited or left in any facility:
any substance or article likely to cause injury or damage to any person or property, or
Any substance or article which might occasion risk of any kind to any child or other person finding or handling same, or
Any waste or other harmful matter
16.
No person shall throw down, deposit or leave any rubbish, refuse, litter or paper of whatever description in any facility, other than that in a receptacle/location provided for that purpose.
17.
No person shall bring into a facility any article or thing which, in the opinion of the Executive Director, would be likely to cause injury to any person or damage to a facility or any part thereof of the equipment, furniture, fittings or other contents.
18.
No person shall wilfully, carelessly or negligently damage, injure, displace or remove any part of a facility including a building, wall, fence, barrier, railing or any other fixture situated in or on or adjacent and ancillary to a facility, or deface or destroy the same by cutting, writing or otherwise. Any person so doing will be held responsible for the cost of any replacement or repair.
19.
No person shall wilfully, carelessly soil, tear, cut, deface, damage, injure or destroy any item or contents of a facility. Any person so doing will be held responsible for the cost of any replacement or repair.
20.
No person who is offensively unclean in person or dress or who is suffering from an infectious disease or whose appearance or state, in the opinion of the Executive Director, is unsuitable or undesirable shall be permitted or allowed to enter or use a Council facility.
21.
Any person who is either in a state of intoxication or under the influence of drugs in the opinion of the Executive Director shall not enter or be allowed to remain on a facility and shall remove themselves upon being requested to do so.
22.
No person shall consume any spirituous or intoxicating liquor in a facility except in specified licensed areas.
23.
No person shall take, sell or distribute drugs in any facility or any part thereof except in a case requiring first aid treatment where the administering of drugs is necessary and performed by an appropriately qualified medical practitioner or where the drugs are taken as part of a prescribed course of medication.
24.
No person shall tamper with or damage any fire alarms, smoke detectors or fire fighting equipment located in any facility.
25.
The production, consumption or sale of food and drink in facilities by users/hirers of a facility where there already exists a council retail food/drink outlet, is not permitted, except with the consent of the Executive Director.
26.
Where no council retail food/drink outlet is in existence in a facility, no person shall bring in or partake of any form of refreshment or food except in designated refreshment areas or those areas allowed by the Executive Director, and all appropriate food and drink regulations should be adhered to.
27.
No person shall smoke in any part of a facility except in designated 'Smoking Areas'.
28.
No person shall, except with the consent of the Executive Director, display, affix or post any bill, placard or notice upon any part of a facility or distribute any bill or other written or printed paper in a facility.
29.
No person shall, except with the prior consent of the Executive Director, sound or play any musical instrument, sing or perform or operate any radio or television receiver, record player, tape recorder or other sound producing device in any part of a facility set apart for the use of the public.
30.
No person shall, except with the express written consent of the Executive Director, and being in possession of the relevant license, be permitted to gamble in any part of a facility.
31.
No person shall, except with the express verbal and/or written consent of the Executive Director, and subject to any rules of copyright which may exist, take any photographs or films, or make any recording by any means whatever of any event or activity taking place in a facility.
32.
No person shall, except with the express written and/or verbal consent of the Executive Director, and being in possession of the relevant license, be permitted to sell and/or market goods/items nor engage in any trade or business of any kind in any part of a facility.
33.
No person shall cause or permit a dog or other animal belonging to them or otherwise under their control to enter or remain in a facility unless the dog is a working dog in use by a registered blind or deaf person or as part of a specific let authorised by the Executive Director, except where the supplementary rules provide to the contrary.
34.
No person shall behave in a disorderly or offensive manner in a facility, or use violent, abusive or obscene language therein, or prevent the proper use or regulation of a facility.
35.
No person shall, except with the express written consent of the Executive Director, engage in and/or organise a public meeting/assembly in any part of a facility.
36.
The Executive Director cannot accept responsibility for any person who has been injured within a facility whilst engaged in unauthorised activities, or activities that contravene any of the aforementioned rules.
37.
No person shall wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any other person in their proper or authorised use of a facility, or wilfully obstruct, disturb or interrupt the Executive Director in the performance of his/her duties.
38.
Every person shall observe any reasonable and lawful instruction that may be given by the Executive Director.
39.
Any person who –

on being required to leave any land or facility by the Executive Director who has reasonable grounds for believing that the person has contravened, is contravening or is about to contravene any management rule applying to the land or premises, fails to leave; or
on being informed by the Executive Director who has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is about to contravene any management rule applying to any land or premises that they are excluded from the land or premises, enters or attempts to enter the land or premises; or
being a person subject to an exclusion order under Section 117 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, enters or attempts to enter the land or premises to which the exclusion order relates
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction of a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
40.
The Council shall be at liberty to revise, alter or dispense with any or all of these Management Rules when they see cause, and to enact others in their place.
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All previous Management Rules made by:
Cumbernauld Development Corporation
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council
Monklands District Council
Motherwell District Council
Strathkelvin District Council
Strathclyde Regional Council
applying (or purporting to apply) to Environmental Services facilities now under the control of the Council situated within North Lanarkshire are hereby revoked.