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How to register for processing, storing, disposing or transporting animal by-products.

You need a licence to import animal products into Northern Ireland

You must have a licence to keep a dangerous wild animal in Northern Ireland

You must have a licence from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) if you run an organisation involved in the artificial reproduction of animals

You need to be registered with DARD to transport unmixed restricted or prohibited animal proteins in bulk in Northern Ireland

You need a licence to have specified animal pathogens or carriers in Northern Ireland

You need a licence to do experimental or scientific procedures on protected animals

Find out what licences you need to transport cattle, deer, goats, pigs or sheep in Northern Ireland.

Get vehicle approval for transporting livestock and horses on long journeys

Contact the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for a licence to run a boarding kennel or cattery in Northern Ireland

Contact your council to apply for a licence to run a boarding kennel or cattery in Wales or Scotland

Apply for a licence to run a Zoo in England, Scotland or Wales; health and safety, animal well-being, inspections, renewals

Approval is required for certain food establishments that handle products of animal origin, such as meat, fish, egg, dairy products, and processed products of animal origin, which supply other establishments.

Apply for a licence to run a zoo to open to public in Northern Ireland - health and safety, animal well-being, inspections, renewals

Approval is required for certain food establishments that handle products of animal origin, such as meat, fish, egg, dairy products, and processed products of animal origin, which supply other establishments.

You must get a licence before you can take, kill or disturb wild birds and animals in Northern Ireland - fees, restrictions, fines, penalties

Approval is required for certain food establishments that handle products of animal origin, such as meat, fish, egg, dairy products, and processed products of animal origin, which supply other establishments.

If you work in farriery (shoeing horses or other equine animals) in England, Scotland or Wales, you need to be registered with the Farriers Registration Council (FRC)

You may need a wildlife licence to take photographs of wild birds or certain protected animals in Northern Ireland

You must be registered to run a fishery in Northern Ireland stocking aquatic animals with no intention of placing them on the market

To practise as a veterinary nurse and undertake any medical treatment or minor surgery on an animal, you may register with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

You need to have a licence to operate as a slaughterman in Northern Ireland

You need approval from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development if you want to operate a livestock market in Northern Ireland

You must register all your cattle individually with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)

You need to register your goat holding with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland

For activities involving protected species which would otherwise be against the law, you may be able to apply for a licence from Scottish Natural Heritage

You need a full or temporary Certificate of Competence to perform many of the tasks required in a slaughterhouse.

Permit to carry out Part A(2) or Part B activities or run a Part A(2) or Part B installation or mobile plant.

You must register your pigs and the place where they are kept (the holding) with your local Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate (RPID) office within 30 days from the date you first keep them

Apply for a riding establishment licence if you want to run a business where horses or ponies are hired out for riding or used for riding instruction in Wales or Scotland

To operate an assembly centre in Northern Ireland where cattle, pigs, sheep or goats are grouped together to be used in the course of intra-Community trade, you must obtain approval from the Department of Agriculture and Rur…

You must register with DARD if you store non-ruminant feed containing restricted proteins on a farm where ruminants are present

You must be authorised to operate a mobile feed mixer that uses restricted proteins for non-ruminant feed production in Northern Ireland

All new fish and shellfish farms are required to apply for authorisation before any development takes place.

You need a firearm or shotgun certificate issued by the police to possess, buy or acquire a firearm or shotgun, and buy ammunition

Your slaughterhouse must be authorised by the Food Standards Agency to remove specific risk material (SRM)

You must notify DARD if you import honeybees into Northern Ireland

Agricultural analysts are responsible for performing analyses on feed to ensure businesses are complying with feed safety law.

You need a phytosanitary certificate to export potatoes to non-EU countries

You need a licence to run a pet shop in Northern Ireland

You need authorisation from the Food Standards Agency to remove specified risk material at a slaughterhouse or cutting plant in Scotland

You must have a licence for your dog breeding establishment in order to breed dogs in Northern Ireland

If you become an operator of an approved slaughterhouse you must notify the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in writing within 28 days of starting the business

Register a milk production facility in England and Wales with the Food Standards Authority (FSA).

You need authorisation from the Food Standards Agency to remove specified risk material at a slaughterhouse or cutting plant in Wales

Get approval from the FSA or District Council to operate meat handling and processing plants - Northern Ireland

You need to register with the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) if you produce wool with 4 or more sheep

You need a licence to abstract and/or impound water in Northern Ireland

You need a licence if you manufacture food and treat it with irradiation in Scotland

You need a manufacturing licence to combine ammonium nitrate and fuel oil to create mixtures for use in certain blasting operations