EFL officials will adopt a new approach to time keeping during the upcoming season.

The League is “committed to ensure a more accurate calculation of additional time alongside an improvement in the amount of time the ball is in-play.”

This means officials will look to add on the exact amount of time lost for events such as goals and celebrations, substitutions, injuries, penalties and red cards.

They will also be clamping down on time wasting by taking “a more robust approach” to actions such as delaying the restart of play and failing to respect the required distance at free-kicks.

The EFL had already confirmed that a multi-ball system will be in place over the coming season – similar to what has been used in the Premier League – in a bid to further increase the amount of time the ball is in play.

The new approach to added time is said to be similar to what was used at the World Cup in Qatar last year.

The EFL has also confirmed that injured players will receive treatment off the pitch apart from certain circumstances such as when a goalkeeper is injured, a serious injury has occurred or a player is down as a result of an offence that received a yellow or red card.

Players must spend at least 30 seconds off the field receiving treatment before they can rejoin the action.

The League has also clarified that players who deny “an obvious goal-scoring opportunity” will be booked if there was an attempt to play the ball and sent off in other circumstance such as pulling and pushing.

Additionally, the guidelines for a “deliberate play” have been clarified in terms of offside decisions.

If a defender is aiming to pass the ball, gain possession or make a clearance and it ends up with an opposition player in an offside position, play should continue.

Officials will also maintain a “high threshold” to contact, which means fouls will only be awarded when contact is judged to have “a detrimental impact on an opponent”.

Finally, a more robust approach will be taken when dealing with behaviour that falls below expected standards both on the pitch and in the technical area.