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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
If you’re arrested, you’ll usually be taken to a police station, held in…
The police can hold you for up to 24 hours before they have to charge you…
The police have the right to: take photographs of you take fingerprints…
You have the right to free legal advice (legal aid) if you’re questioned…
Contact the police force you want to complain about if you’re unhappy…
Pay civil or family court fees or tribunal fees, get help with fees if you're on a low income or getting benefits.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a…
You’re usually a British citizen automatically if you were born in the UK.…
Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…
If at least one of your parents is a British citizen You might…
If you were born in the UK after 31 December 1982 and your parents were…
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You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.
How changes to goods vehicles before they're registered will be approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
Register a new partner who is not an individual for Self Assessment, for example a company or trust, using form SA402.
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Your rights when bailiffs visit your home - entering your home, debts, complaining about private bailiffs, court bailiffs, civilian enforcement officers, certificated enforcement agents. Includes information from the withdrawn EX345 guidance.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Who can get parole for determinate and indeterminate sentences, represent yourself at a hearing and challenge a Parole Board decision
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.
Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
What to do when you think HMRC has not acted on information - the ‘extra-statutory concession’ (ESC A19).
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
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