The Italian region of Piedmont recently introduced a new law, that supercedes the general one of only requiring safety gear (transceiver etc) when there was a clear risk of avalanche.
 
Local Piedmont law now makes it illegal to ski off-piste at any time without beacon, probe, shovel etc. Anyone skiing or boarding outside of the marked and controlled slopes must also carry the correct equipment or risk a 40 to 250 euro fine.
 
This isn’t unreasonable for those heading on off-piste adventures (and most sensible folk carry such stuff anyway), but…seeing as the regulations appear to include ski routes and between-the-pistes - it looks like we risk insurance problems if we don’t carry them and subsequently have an accident, and it poses problems of folk heading out equipped but without a clue how to use the gear.
 
And I wonder how well the resorts will ensure that visitors know the rules…
 
What do others think?

Seems a bit extreme to me and the shovel and probe are only useful if you know how to use the transceiver to search. Would be interesting to know if the presence of transceivers would have avoided the avalanche deaths they have had in Italy (also rest of alps) this year.