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You must have permission from your local council to distribute leaflets within designated litter control areas

You may need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground.

Get permission to send liquid waste out from factories or places where sewage is dealt with and find how to contact Scottish water suppliers and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency

You may have to register with your local council in England if you run a hairdressing or barbers business, so that they can check you're following health and safety rules

If you run a hairdressing or barbers business in Northern Ireland, you may have to register with your local district council so that they can check you're following health and safety rules

You need a licence to use laser or intense pulsed light treatment

Some practitioners need to register to offer treatments that use intense pulsed light systems or lasers in England

You need to register to offer treatments that use intense pulsed light systems or lasers in Wales

Contact your council if you run an establishment for massage or other special treatments and need a premises licence

You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form

Get a licence to put an advertising sign on the road or pavement in England and Wales - restrictions, fines, penalties

You may need to get permission to distribute free printed material in certain areas controlled by the local council.

You must get written permission to put advertising signs or displays on the road or pavement in Scotland - fines, penalties

You may have to register a hairdressing or barbers business with your local council in Wales so that they can check you're following health and safety rules

You need to register with the relevant local council to get a tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licence in England and Wales

You need to register with the relevant local council to get a tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licence in Northern Ireland

You need to register with the relevant local council to get a tattoo, piercing and electrolysis licence in Scotland.