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This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 make new provision for the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific purposes.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
How to get your site approved, the category your site falls into, the type of incinerator you need and how it must be maintained.
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
Technical advice and guidance for licence holders.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
For manufacturers and distributors of intermediate and final feedingstuffs containing a medicinal premix or specified feed additives in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
How to register a racing pigeon loft in England and Wales to move pigeons to the EU or Northern Ireland for racing back to Great Britain.
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