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Building relationships and improving compliance with environmental health, trading standards and fire safety legislation through Primary Authority.
Businesses can form a partnership with a local authority to provide advice other local regulators must respect.
Guidance for trading standards, environmental health and fire safety officers regulating businesses which have a Primary Authority partnership or are members of a regulated group.
Guidance for local authorities in England who are considering adopting a 4-day working week.
How local councils work in England - types of council, decision-making, council finances, local councillors and making complaints
An overview of Primary Authority for national regulators including the role of supporting regulators.
Businesses can partner with a local authority for advice on how to comply with trading standards, environmental health and fire safety legislation.
A guide for trade associations and other organisations that help groups of businesses manage their regulatory activity as a co-ordinator.
Decide which activities are business or non-business for VAT purposes if you're a local authority or other public body.
Guidance for public authorities on how to make a referral to the Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU).
This advice is intended to provide advice to local authorities about their role in the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process.
Details of Best Value Notices issued to local authorities.
Find out how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority supports UK infrastructure abroad and helps overseas governments.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
The Office for Communications Data Authorisations considers requests for communications data from law enforcement and public authorities.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for the regulation of aviation safety in the UK, determining policy for the use of airspace, the economic regulation of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, the licensing and financial fitness of airlines and...
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
The Defence Safety Authority is established by a Charter issued by the Secretary of State (SofS) empowering it as an independent Regulator and Investigator for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) in Defence. DSA is part of the Ministry of...
All local government finance forms to be completed by local authorities for use in Official and National Statistics, along with accompanying guidance notes.
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