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Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of: age…
Discrimination can come in one of the following forms: direct…
The law protects you against discrimination at work, including: dismissal…
If you think you’ve been unfairly discriminated against you can: complain…
How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
What you need to do if your member has protected their allowances and this entitles them to both a higher lump sum allowance and lump sum death benefit allowance.
A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
You can take different tax-free lump sums from your pension pot depending on the type of protected allowances you hold.
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
How to apply for and check protections from the reductions in lifetime allowance.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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