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Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
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.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
Anglia rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines in the UK.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
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