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Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
The OISC’s new Code of Standards has now been published and will come into effect on 1 September 2024.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
Access and unfair practices during recognition and derecognition ballots
The music industry has agreed a Code of Good Practice on Transparency in Music Streaming.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Operational codes of practice, construction and maintenance standards for cargo or passenger high-speed craft and Ro-Ro.
Codes of practice setting out processes and safeguards for a number of investigatory powers.
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
New Sentencing Code to help prevent unlawful sentences being handed out.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
Find out what you'll need to get a legally binding decision on the commodity code to use when importing or exporting your goods.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Stobbarts Ltd is the latest local SME (small or medium-sized enterprise) to join Programme and Project Partners.
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