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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Guidance on when seafarers and other persons who work at sea are entitled to the minimum wage.
Codes of practice and standards for safely operating and navigating passenger ships, catamarans and hovercrafts.
Award-winning Hampshire-based ship outfitter secures government-backed funding from Lloyds Bank as it meets growing post-pandemic demand.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
Send is a women’s prison in Woking, Surrey.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Guidance for non-UK qualified officers on how to apply for, or revalidate a Flag State Endorsement to work on UK-registered commercial vessels.
Find out what you need to do when hiring crew to work on a ship or yacht - qualifications, certificates of competency, crew agreements and crew lists
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Apply for your first adult British passport - who can apply, how long it takes, costs, how to apply, documents you need, passport interviews
Use a standard shipping note for shipping non-dangerous goods overseas by either air or water.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
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