Guidance

Carriage of passengers to designated association football matches

Voluntary guidelines that PSV operators should comply with when carrying passengers to designated Sporting Events

From:
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Published
1 June 2023
Last updated
19 July 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Carriage of passengers to designated association football matches: Voluntary Guidelines - England and Wales

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For many years the PSV industry has complied with a voluntary code of practice whereby operators taking passengers to a designated sporting event meet certain guidelines set by the police. This has worked very well, and it has seldom been necessary for a traffic commissioner to take any further action against an operator who has contravened the guidelines. Nevertheless the police in England and Wales are concerned that incidents of football related violence and disorder do still occur.

The guidelines were drafted in conjunction with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Coach Operators Federation (COF) and the Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (ATCO).

Updates to this page

Published 1 June 2023
Last updated 19 July 2023 + show all updates

  1. Update to guidelines following public consultation

  2. First published.

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