ADIPS and ADSC

ADIPS

In the same year as it was set up, the Fairground Joint Advisory Committee (FJAC) decided that there should be a limited company set up to administer the Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme (ADIPS) and that this would be its commercial arm. This company is called ADIPS Ltd., a not-for-profit organisation. Any surplus income generated through the scheme is channelled back into the industry to promote and enhance safety standards.

ADIPS Ltd. is responsible for the administration of the ADIPS scheme, including the registration of approved inspection bodies, handling complaints, etc. It also manages the system for issuing a Declaration of Operational Compliance (DOC) to ride controllers.

ADIPS Ltd. and ADIPS are overseen by the Amusement Device Safety Council (ADSC), formed from representatives of various industry trade associations. This body meets formally four times a year to discuss matters of mutual interest relating to safety on fairgrounds and amusement parks.

Objectives

The council’s stated objectives are:

• To promote and improve fairground and amusement park safety, through rules and procedures relating to the inspection of amusement devices.
• To administer and manage (through ADIPS Ltd.) the Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme (ADIPS), which is the ADSC’s agreed scheme for the inspection of amusement devices. This will include the registration and auditing of inspection bodies registered with ADIPS Ltd. and the hearing of complaints against members and registered inspection bodies in accordance with standing orders, from time to time.
• To encourage, promote and develop safe practice within the fairground and amusement park industry throughout the UK.
• To provide appropriate guidance and training for registered inspection bodies and those in the fairground and amusement park industry.