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Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Overview of common navigation in the Civil Service Jobs vX system, including search and table layouts for vacancy holders.
Check out how you can view proposed building plans or developments and object or comment on them through the local council
HM Land Registry information about searches, fees and forms.
Use this form to apply for a search warrant under section 26 of the Theft Act 1968.
Sections (17.01 - 17.123) last updated: January 2024.
Code of practice issued under section 47S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: search, seizure and detention of property (England and Wales).
How Business e-services customers can apply for an official search of whole with priority through the portal.
How search results will look for local authorities in the local land charges service.
Use this form to apply for a search warrant under sections 15 and 16 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
The Law Commission has published recommendations to improve the law governing search warrants.
Use this form to apply for a search warrant under section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
How Business e-services customers can apply for a full land charges search through the portal.
Explore the local archives to help your research into family and local history at your local council
How to obtain Information held in the index of relating franchises and manors (practice guide 13).
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