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Find out if someone can rent your private residential property in England.
How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa
What happens if you're stopped by the police while driving - breath tests, motoring offences, faults with your vehicle, seizing your vehicle
How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK
Firearms application form, the form to vary a firearm certificate and guidance notes.
Application for a personal licence requires your licensing qualifications and details of previous or outstanding applications.
Rules for alcohol licensing in your area, apply for a licence or have your say about a licence application
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
Apply as a child to join or stay with a close relative in the UK who has protection status - eligibility, fees, documents, applying for settlement.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Report staff, such as door supervisors, security guards, CCTV operators and close protection operatives, who break the law or are a risk to the public.
Complete this form where the child’s parents have not been in a marriage or civil partnership and only one parent can go to the register office.
Includes how to report antisocial behaviour, like nuisance noise, vandalism or abandoned vehicles, reporting antisocial behaviour anonymously, getting support.
Helplines for asylum applicants and refugees - telephone numbers and opening hours
What happens if you're charged with a crime. Find out about the hearing, when you can be released on bail and being put in custody (on remand).
Use this form to apply for permission to sell or supply alcohol on a temporary basis.
The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Guidance and forms for applying for a premises licence to sell alcohol, late night hot food and drink or provide public entertainment.
The police can stop and question you at any time - they can search you depending on the situation.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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