Clubs operating mountaineering huts have a duty of care towards all those who use those huts. With regard to many aspects of hut management this duty amounts to a legal requirement, for example with fire safety.
The Huts Advisory Group of Mountaineering Scotland and the Huts Group of the British Mountaineering Council jointly produce a series of guidelines to assist hut managers. These are listed below. Click on a topic to download that guideline.
1. Club organisation and ownership of property
3.1 Fire Safety (England & Wales)
5. Maintenance
6. Combined Liability Insurance
7. Asbestos
9. Trustees
10.1 Private Water Supplies ((England & Wales)
10.2 Private Water Supplies (Scotland)
11.1 Safeguarding Children in Huts (England & Wales)
11.2 Safeguarding Children in Huts (Scotland)
12. Legionella
13. Planning and managing building projects
14. Energy saving
15. Employers’ Liability Insurance
16.1 Small Sewage Discharges (England & Wales)
16.2 Small Sewage Discharges (Scotland) – in preparation