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The law on smoking in the workplace and what businesses must do to prevent smoking at work
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
Your local council can introduce extra controls on emissions if there are…
The darker the smoke, the more polluting it tends to be. Smoke darker than…
You need a permit for most generators, furnaces and boilers. Get a permit…
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Exportation of cannabis from Thailand and Importation of cannabis to the UK is prohibited
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