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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in India.
Form for medical referees to authorise the cremation of a dead person's body parts.
You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
Use this form if you need to cremate body parts from a deceased person or a stillborn baby.
Form for registered medical practitioners to certify that a dead person's body parts can be released for cremation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Under the disregards and pardons scheme, you can get a historic conviction for gay sex offences removed.
Honours can be taken away from people who have done something to damage the honours system’s reputation. Taking an honour away is called ‘forfeiture’.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
This page provides background information on public bodies and gives guidance to departments.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
How to remove an overseas entity's registration from the Register of Overseas Entities.
The process when a British national dies in Germany, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
How to remove information that should never have been delivered to Companies House.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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