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This guidance covers the role that the police play in the DBS checking process.
A guide about the main things that will be checked when you take your car for an MOT test.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
The main things that will be checked when you take your motorcycle for an MOT test.
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
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