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Information on the designation of UK ports for direct landings by foreign vessels and UK vessels according to licence conditions.
Contact details for Local Nature Partnerships in England.
Environment Agency regulatory position on scattering or burying pet ash at a pet cemetery which is registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
How to spot equine viral encephalomyelitis, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.
How local authorities must regulate, inspect and license zoos and circuses in their areas.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects.
You should use this licence to move mammals from or to premises in a protection or surveillance zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain animals for scientific or educational purposes.
Applications for a certificate of exemption have now closed.
How to get and maintain a CSO qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
How to export or move ungulates (hooved animals) and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for conservation, display, education or research.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
How to take samples and choose an appropriate diagnostic test for common clinical presentations in livestock and wildlife.
Official guidance on the training, qualifications and appointments of Official Veterinarians (OVs) who seek to perform work on behalf of an EU member state.
Explainer for businesses and persons regulated by the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, as amended, on the transitional provisions included in the amending legislation: the Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulati…
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