The law is designed to stop photographers from taking indecent or inappropriate photographs of minors.
Anyone involved with youth sport whether in a school, college or amateur club/association should have had a CRB (police record) check done by their employer or association. It's in the FA & RFU rules & guidlines for affiliated clubs.
It makes good sense for a school or club to seek written permission from parents at the start of each year/season but it's not actually necessary, all they are doing is exercising extra caution. What is far more important is that they check out the photographer, they are ultimately responsible if something happens, and legally should not leave a photographer alone (out of sight or ear shot) with unsupervised minors particularly on a one to one basis.
As the original question is about a presentation in front of many witnesses, there is no legal problem at all and all parents would hope a presentation is photographed properly, in fact they would be far more upset to find it wasn't !!!
Ian |