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You may need an environmental permit to do work in or by a main river, flood defence structure or sea defence, or in a flood plain.
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Food analysts are responsible for performing chemical analyses on food to ensure businesses are complying with food safety law.
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Food examiners are responsible for performing microbiological analyses on food and feed to ensure businesses are complying with food safety law.
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You must be licensed by the Food Standards Agency to irradiate food in Northern Ireland
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You need a licence if you manufacture food and treat it with irradiation in Scotland
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Get a licence for handling meat, fish, egg or dairy products.
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If you're a forestry trader and want to produce or import wood or bark, or issue plant passports you must be registered with the Forestry Commission - conditions, inspections, record keeping
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It is a legal requirement for fostering service managers in Wales to register with Social Care Wales.
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You need to register to provide a fostering service in Wales.
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To sell, supply or maintain gaming machines in Northern Ireland you need a certificate issued by the local court
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You may need to notify the police if you are operating a flight arriving or departing at an undesignated port in Northern Ireland
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If you wish to release genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the environment in Scotland for research and development purposes, you must obtain consent from the Scottish Government.
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You need permission from the crown estate to carry out gold or silver exploration for commercial gain.
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You need a lease from the Crown Estate Scotland to explore or mine gold or silver commercially in Scotland
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You need a licence to operate goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes to carry goods as part of trade or business
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You need a licence to use government digital mapping data in an academic institution
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You may need a licence to use government digital mapping data in Northern Ireland
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You must inform NIEA before exporting green list waste
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You must submit a completed Greenfield Soil Declaration Form to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency If you move clean, greenfield soil within Northern Ireland
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You must be registered with your council if you operate a guard dog kennel in Northern Ireland
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You need a licence to drive a hackney carriage - taxicabs, England, excluding London, Scotland and Wales
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You may have to register with your local council in England if you run a hairdressing or barbers business, so that they can check you're following health and safety rules
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If you run a hairdressing or barbers business in Northern Ireland, you may have to register with your local district council so that they can check you're following health and safety rules
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You need to pre-notify the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) 72 hours in advance if you want to move hazardous waste
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Register your premises with Natural Resource Wales if you produce or hold hazardous waste in Wales
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You need a licence to burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium outside the burning season in Wales
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You need a wildlife licence if you want to keep, breed or exhibit birds of prey in Northern Ireland
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You need a licence to get an exemption from Sunday Trading laws in Northern Ireland
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You'll need a hackney vehicle licence if you want to use a horse and carriage for paying customers
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Get a licence to rent out your property as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in England or Wales - local authority, private renting, landlords, houseshare
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Get a licence to rent out your property as a house in multiple occupation in Scotland (HMO) - local authority, private renting, landlords, houseshare
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You need a licence to promote or make charitable house to house collections in Northern Ireland
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Apply for a licence for house-to-house collections of money or goods for charity in England or Wales
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You need a licence to undertake the procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of gametes, embryos and/or provide in-vitro fertilisation, or artificial insemination treatments
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You must hold a permit to stage a public performance of hypnotism for entertainment purposes in England, Wales and Scotland - learn how to apply, conditions, fines and penalties
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You must notify DARD if you import honeybees into Northern Ireland
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If you impound water, or plan to, you may need to apply for an impounding licence.
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If you run an independent school it must be registered with the Department of Education (DE)
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You need to register with the Register of Independent Schools in Scotland to run an independent school
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You need a licence from your local authority to use a property for public sporting events in Scotland.
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You need a licence to carry goods (by vehicle) for payment on international journeys
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You need an itinerant (travelling) metal dealer's licence to buy and sell scrap metal door-to-door in Scotland
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You must have a licence to keep a dangerous wild animal in Northern Ireland
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You need a licence in Scotland if you want to deal in knives, swords or weapons with blades or sharp points
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You need a licence to use laser or intense pulsed light treatment
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Some practitioners need to register to offer treatments that use intense pulsed light systems or lasers in England
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You need to register to offer treatments that use intense pulsed light systems or lasers in Wales
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You need a late hours catering licence if you want to sell food or drinks between 11pm and 5am in Scotland
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You must register with the Education Workforce Council to be employed as a learning support worker in Wales.
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You need a licence to operate a left-hand drive (LHD) stretched limousine public service vehicle in Northern Ireland