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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Forms for housing association landlords to respond to a tenant's application to buy their property through the Right to Acquire scheme.
Information about the Civil Service job share finder, and other resources for staff interested in working as a partner in a job share.
Find out how to prove your right to rent in England to a landlord. Get an online share code to prove your right to rent if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
This series brings together all documents relating to Right to Manage guidance.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
Guidance on the many ways for suppliers to work with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the science inside UK defence and security.
We’re working to help people securely prove who they are without having to rely on physical documents.
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Find out how to set up salary sacrifice arrangements and calculate tax and National Insurance contributions on them if you're an employer.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
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