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Information on embargoes on West African States and how to apply for an export licence.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Urgent Operational Requirements funded by extra Treasury money provide the fast equipment solutions that ever-changing operations demand.
Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Find out about Machine Games Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Overview about agreements, conventions and treaties which impact on the UK's strategic export control policy and legislation.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Check the tariff classification for automated component placement machines used to manufacture printed circuit assemblies.
This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
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