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What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Information about the welfare of horses on farms and livery yards and how to dispose of waste and fallen stock.
How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
How to get a licence to keep animals for exhibition, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
The rules you must follow to ensure pigs can be traced to prevent and contain disease.
If you're an energy producer, supplier or customer, check what records and accounts to keep to help you complete returns and claim any reliefs or exemptions.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you’re a passenger plane operator.
Form for a bird keeper to apply for a licence to keep a wild disabled bird without a ring.
Find out what information to send to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and what records you need to keep as a Dairy Producer Organisation.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
Records you must keep if you’re liable for Cider Duty.
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
A collection of guides by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for staying safe on the UK's beaches and coastlines.
It will no longer be possible to keep primates as household pets in environments that fail to provide for their needs
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Find out what records you need to keep as an excise warehousekeeper.
Find out what livestock records Countryside Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
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