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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.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Apply for a licence to import live animals (not pet dogs, cats and ferrets).
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, where you'll live, how long it takes and how much it costs
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
Withhold tax on payments to foreign entertainers and sportspersons when they exceed their personal allowance and how to make payments to HMRC.
How to pay Class 2 self-employed National Insurance contributions - online, bank transfer, cheque, payslips.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
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