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Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for research, conservation or development projects.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Apply to join a district level licensing scheme to develop land that may affect great crested newts and supply any survey data you collect.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Use this service to register an ivory item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
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