Salon Privé Events Dog Policy

Salon Privé is committed to making sure our events are inclusive and accessible to all and we understand that some customers will rely on an assistance dogs to attend our events.

Automotive events can be dangerous and the health and safety of our attendees and participants is of primary importance.  Allowing any animals onto the event site can increase the health and safety risks and danger inherent in these types of events.  In addition, the events are crowded and at times very loud, creating an unpleasant environment for animals. For these reasons, we do not permit our customers to bring in animals with them.

At present, there is no official register for assistance dogs in the UK. Salon Privé has consulted a number of relevant charities and governing bodies to investigate how we can best ensure accessibility to our events and support and accommodate any attendees who need to be accompanied by an assistance dog, whilst also adhering to health and safety regulations and minimising risk at our automotive events.

We therefore ask all customers who are considering bringing an assistance dog to one of our automotive events to apply for consent before the event, by following the procedure below:

Complete the assistance dog request form below. This must be completed for each event you plan to attend.
Your form will be reviewed by event management and if the request is approved, you will be sent an email confirmation from info@salonpriveconcours.com – please bring it with you to collect official Salon Privé assistance dog accreditation for you to wear during the event. You will be able to collect this at the ticket collection points positioned at the public entrances.

Salon Privé reserves the right to turn away dogs at the gate and during the event who do not comply with this process or meet the requirements of an assistance animal.

Assistance Dog Request Form

Assistance dogs are trained to support disabled people and people with medical conditions in a variety of ways. Assistance Dogs are auxiliary aids and are not pets. (www.assistancedogs.org.uk).

The Equality Act 2010, (EA2012 section 173) lays out that in relation to protecting the rights of disabled people accessing private hire transport, an Assistance dog means

(a) a dog which has been trained to guide a blind person;

(b) a dog which has been trained to assist a deaf person;

(c) a dog which has been trained by a prescribed charity to assist a disabled person who has a disability that consists of epilepsy or otherwise affects the person’s mobility, manual dexterity, physical coordination or ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects;

(d) a dog of a prescribed category which has been trained to assist a disabled person who has a disability (other than one falling within paragraph (c)) of a prescribed kind.

(e) a dog which has been trained to be a service dog, which could be police or military.