Woodlands Family Theme Park has reopened nine rides closed by the Health and Safety Executive in late June, after “quickly” settling questions over compliance.

The Devon park was ordered to cease operating attractions such as the Rocking Tug and Sea Dragon during a routine inspection, but was able to reopen them earlier this month.

“The HSE inspected Woodlands Family Theme Park, near Dartmouth, on 26 June as part of its national programme of fairground inspections,” reported the BBC. “It said ‘declarations of compliance’ were missing after the director of an inspection firm was suspended from the Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme.”

“Assurances the nine rides had undergone valid safety checks could not be provided, so they were stopped. Paperwork was ‘quickly’ produced by an inspection body, the HSE said, and the rides reopened.”

A spokesperson for the park said “at no time would Woodlands ever be involved in anything related to non-compliance of safety.”