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Useful documents for local authorities using Primary Authority.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Businesses can form a partnership with a local authority to provide advice other local regulators must respect.
An overview of Primary Authority for national regulators including the role of supporting regulators.
Building relationships and improving compliance with environmental health, trading standards and fire safety legislation through Primary Authority.
Find out which radioactive sources you need a licence to export and how to apply for one.
Businesses can partner with a local authority for advice on how to comply with trading standards, environmental health and fire safety legislation.
How to show MHRA you're meeting good clinical practice (GCP) standards and what to expect from an inspection.
Share your reference data for use in projects and services outside your organisation.
Information on the accessibility of the Primary Authority Register for users.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
Guidance for staff of responder agencies, particularly senior officers or managers involved in emergency response and recovery preparations.
A guide for trade associations and other organisations that help groups of businesses manage their regulatory activity as a co-ordinator.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering some humanitarian issues that may arise during the recovery phase of an emergency in the UK.
A guide to the main academy funding, finance and governance terms and acronyms.
The following guidance has been jointly developed by the Heath Research Authority (HRA) and MHRA, in consultation with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), on behalf of the UK.
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