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The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties. Certification Officer works with the Department for Business and Trade .
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is the designated UK national authority for approving new road vehicles, agricultural tractors, off-road vehicles and components. VCA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport .
Guidance for business and government departments.
Use this certificate to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret, or assistance dog, to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
Guidance on how digital identity providers can become certified to complete digital identity checks for the 'Right to Work', 'Right to Rent' and DBS schemes.
How to order certified copies of certificates and documents held on the Companies House register.
UNISON: The Public Service Union trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
General announcements and latest decisions of the Certification Officer
When you need company certification to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and how to get it.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Annual returns, rules and other documents related to the employers’ association the Welsh Local Government Association.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
Public and Commercial Services Union trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
The Certification Officers Annual Reports.
Find out how you can join a third party certification scheme for domestic electrical work.
Use this form to request a certificate of the Comptroller or a certified or uncertified copy from a file or the register.
Annual returns, rules and other documents related to the employers’ association the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government.
Legally manufacture meters which are of the design originally approved and ensure they are verified to operate within the statutory limits.
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