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Clubs warned on disabled access
- Updated: October 18, 2016
Premier League clubs could get “substantial fines” if they do not comply with disabled access regulations by next summer.
Bill Bush, the Premier League’s executive director, told a Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee on Tuesday that several options were available, including financial penalties, if clubs failed to deliver.
An independent investigation in 2014 found that 17 of the 20 clubs failed to provide enough wheelchair access, prompting the Premier League to pledge that their members would be compliant with Accessible Stadia Guidelines (ASG) by August 2017.
“The rule book allows for a wide range of sanctions – up to about £25,000 of fines. If it goes beyond £25,000 then an independent panel will consider circumstances,” Bush said.
“We are ready to consider what an appropriate intervention would be. (The issue of …
