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See the minimum requirements for services for offenders, defendants, victims and courts.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
Qualification specifications for Defence Awarding Organisation courses.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
DSS Part A: High Level Requirements and DSS Part B: Technical Specification
The Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system is supported by detailed user guides for trade users. For Direct Trader Input to CHIEF and Inventory system linking we have the Technical Interface Specification guides.
Information on road traffic devices, such as breath-testing, speed cameras and immobilisation devices.
A collection of defence design, specification and maintenance guidance documents.
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