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This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
How to notify the MHRA of your intention to carry out a clinical investigation for medical devices.
Use this form to submit an amended copy of the regulations governing the use of certification or collective mark(s).
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
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Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
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This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
Guidance on the grant to provide additional support to 21 areas producing exemplar design codes.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
How to use a feasibility study when planning the evaluation of your digital health product.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
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