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Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out if you’re a high value dealer and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
Find out how to export live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Find out about the registered dealers in controlled oil (RDCO) scheme.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
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