Guidance

Document checks and charges for carriers

Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

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Charging procedures: a guide for carriers

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This document is for air, rail and sea carriers that need to understand the document checks they must make, and how they will be charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

Published 1 September 2007
Last updated 4 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated section referencing in Section 2.8.

  2. Updated Section 2.4 of 'Charging procedures: a guide for carriers'. Updated revision date of 'Charging procedures: a guide for carriers' to 'April 2022'.

  3. Guidance updated, new section 2.4 added.

  4. Updated guidance and new HTML accessible version added.

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