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Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) rules from 2015 to 2023.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities (mNLA) in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). This includes ensuring fishing and mNLA management measures…
How to label and package olive oil and olive oil products, and which records to keep for product inspections.
North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Find out how to become a volunteer to support nature conservation where you live or work.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about eligibility and requirements to carry out customised capital works to manage specific sites or species.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.
Posters to help you keep your birds safe from bird flu.
This document explains how the Defence Safety Authority (DSA) sets regulations.
Guidance for designers, surveyors, project managers and installers about retrofit internal wall insulation.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hard bases for livestock drinkers item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the small wildlife box item.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
The variation effective from 00:01hrs Thursday 18 December 2025
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