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Prisoners who break the rules while behind bars face new community payback-style punishments like repair work and litter picking, under tough prison rules to be set out this week.
Find out why you might get a civil injunction, Community Protection Notice, Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) (formerly known as ASBOs), what it means and what happens if you break it.
Find out about the penalties for enabling a defeated tax avoidance scheme, the time limits, and how to appeal a penalty notice.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Includes being charged with a crime, cautions, community sentences and police powers
How Gaming Duty is charged, and who has to pay.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
Protecting staff, passengers and property on public transport: police roles, CCTV and witness evidence use, tools to restrict anti-social acts
Find out about the different types of HMRC penalties and how you can help your clients avoid them.
Find out when your company may be charged a Corporation Tax penalty and how they are calculated.
How HMRC deals with customers who are involved in tax avoidance, tax evasion or repeated insolvency who receive a joint and several liability notice, including how notices interact with penalties and safeguards.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Actions taken by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to enforce financial sanctions.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
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