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How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
Verify the identity of an officer from the HMRC Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) or a HMRC collector if they contact you in person.
This guidance is intended for the development of local action plans for identifying groups of people who may be vulnerable in an emergency.
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
Find out what information accountable persons must provide to different individuals and organisations and when to transfer it.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
If you hold certain information, you should contact OFSI as soon as practicable.
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
Use the service to find the location of people in prison when you do not know which prison they are in - contact details, what you need to include
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Documents on fire safety law and guidance for those who have a legal duty for fire safety in a relevant building to help them meet those duties.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
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