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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Find out about late payment penalties and how to appeal if you're an employer.
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.
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.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Find out about the penalties for enabling a defeated tax avoidance scheme, the time limits, and how to appeal a penalty notice.
You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Protecting staff, passengers and property on public transport: police roles, CCTV and witness evidence use, tools to restrict anti-social acts
If your payment is more than 15 days overdue, first and second late payment penalties apply. Find out how to avoid penalties and get help to pay in instalments.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
You could get a fine and penalty points if you're caught speeding, or could even lose your licence
How to appeal against a parking ticket, bus lane fine or other penalty charge notice (PCN) - and what happens if you get a charge certificate or order of recovery
The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
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