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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
Goldilock’s innovative kill switch helps pull the plug on cyber attacks
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
The Offensive Weapons Bill will introduce new powers to tackle knife crime, acid attacks and the risk that criminals could obtain powerful firearms.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Find out how to account for VAT when you rent out and part-exchange pre-recorded video cassette films.
Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.
Check what you must do when you enter the UK if you’re coming from Ukraine with personal belongings and you have been issued a visa on the Ukraine Family or Sponsorship visa schemes.
Researchers around the world will soon be able to access millions of the natural, historic specimens found in UK museums at the click of a button as part of a £473 million UK fund to enhance key research infrastructure.
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
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