External Perimeter, Neighbours and Programme Access

For the named organiser who designs the external perimeter and still holds the safety duty on land that belongs to someone else.

What you will be able to do

• Name who still holds the section 3 duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 on land you do not own.
• Write a perimeter design the gate holders and the plan-holder can run.
• Specify the external perimeter without claiming command of the highway.
• Name the neighbours affected and the access that stays usable for them.
• Specify programme access separately from public arrival.

What the chapters cover

• Who holds the duty on land this organisation does not own
• Specifying the external perimeter
• Specifying neighbours and programme access
• Orders this organisation obtains
• What a Safety Advisory Group, licensing officer or coroner should find
• The design paper and the residual-risk statement

Thirteen chapters run from who holds the duty to the signed residual-risk statement, with thirteen quick-reference cards you may copy for use at your own event. Worked examples are composite illustrations, not accounts of real events.

Strategic titles are for the named organiser who designs the system across an event or a season and signs the risk that remains. OTAS Live publishes 30 handbooks across ten areas of event work, each at Operational, Tactical and Strategic level.

UK law, nation by nation

Law as checked in September 2026, with England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland named separately.