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Civil penalty accreditation scheme for hauliers

A collection of information to help road transport companies and their drivers secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration and Border Force
• Published: 18 May 2016
• Last updated: 27 July 2023 — See all updates

The civil penalty accreditation scheme helps road transport companies and their drivers secure their vehicles to stop ‘clandestine entrants’. A clandestine entrant is a person who hides in or on a vehicle to avoid going through UK border control.

Guidance

• Application to join civil penalty accreditation scheme
  • 25 July 2024
  • Form
• Civil penalty accreditation scheme
  • 3 May 2023
  • Guidance

Detailed guidance

• Clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme
  • 4 April 2023
  • Guidance

Driver guidance and checklists

• Preventing clandestine entrants
  • 9 May 2023
  • Guidance
• Vehicle security checklist: road transport companies and drivers
  • 20 September 2024
  • Guidance

Accredited haulage companies

• Civil penalty accreditation scheme: accredited haulage companies
  • 20 January 2025
  • Decision

Published 18 May 2016

Last updated 27 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 27 July 2023

   Updated as the scheme is no longer under review.

2. 1 March 2023

   The scheme is under review.

3. 18 May 2016

   First published.