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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
This guide explains key elements of EU law and their history. It accompanies the detailed guide 'Review of the balance of competences'.
The Civil Service competency framework, sets out how we want people in the Civil Service to work.
The review of the balance of competences will be an audit of what the EU does and how it affects the UK.
This document sets out the minimum competence requirements for organisations and individuals in a competent person scheme.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering some common issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Join a competent person scheme to self-certify certain types of building work instead of getting building regulations approval from a council or private inspector - how to join, current schemes
Guidance setting out the standards that immigration advisers should meet to be considered competent.
How to set what you’ll evaluate digital outcomes, digital specialists, user research participants and studio suppliers on.
MOD core competence framework was superseded by the wider 'Civil Service core competence framework' with effect from 08 Apr 2013.
This series contains documents published as part of the government's review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Apply for a certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
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