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How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to preserve public health or safety.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to prevent serious damage.
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